Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated Sunday that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could resume as early as this week.

“There is a process that must be followed, so we have to figure out what that process is,” Bessent told CNN. “President Trump wants to make sure that people receive their food benefits.”

Bessent pointed to President Trump's post on Truth Social on Friday, in which he announced that he had asked the court “to clarify how SNAP can be legally funded as soon as possible.”

“President Trump just admitted that he is very eager to get this done,” Bessent said. "And it has to go through the courts. The courts keep throwing up roadblocks."

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) website indicated that funds to issue these benefits have run out due to the government shutdown, and even blamed Senate Democrats for the lack of issuance of the benefits, which began on Saturday.

“Senate Democrats have voted thirteen times against funding the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),” the page reads. "In short, the funds have run out. At this time, no benefits will be issued on November 1."

The current federal shutdown, now in its thirty-third day and poised to become the longest in US history, stems from the deadlock between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate over the approval of new budgets to reopen the government, contingent on the approval or rejection of aid for health insurance.

According to analysts, even if the Trump administration complies with the orders to ensure that SNAP benefits are at least partially paid, it remains unclear when millions of families will actually receive their assistance. And any relief would be a temporary solution due to the partial government shutdown.

Democrats are demanding that, to give Republicans the votes they need to pass a temporary budget allocation to lift the shutdown and extend subsidies to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that expires at the end of the year,While conservatives are calling for the government to be reopened first and for negotiations on aid to follow.

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