CBS News reported on Wednesday that the House of Representatives was set to vote on a funding bill aimed at reopening the federal government.

That development came one day after the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a win in its handling of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Supreme Court froze judge's order

According to NBC News, America's highest judicial body moved on Tuesday to freeze an earlier order issued by U.S. District Judge John McConnell.

The decision was not unanimous, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson noting that she would have denied the White House's request.

The Supreme Court extended a freeze on a federal judge’s ruling that would require the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP in November. https://t.co/rdq0SReMRq

— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) November 11, 2025

As the Washington Examiner reported late last week, McConnell ordered the White House to draw money from the Section 32 Child Nutrition Fund in order to keep SNAP solvent through November. 

"Last weekend, SNAP benefits lapsed for the first time in our nation’s history, this is a problem that could have and should have been avoided," McConnell was quoted as writing this past Thursday.

Judge rejected administration's arguments

"Therefore, the court grants the plaintiff’s motion to enforce and consistent with its prior orders, orders the administration to make the full snap payment to the states by tomorrow, Friday, November 7, utilizing available Section 32 funds in combination with the contingency funds," he continued.

The Examiner observed how Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Tyler Becker put forward two main arguments against the use of Section 32 funds.

He maintained that the money was not intended to cover SNAP and postulated that Congress might opt not to replenish the cash after it had been spent. However, that reasoning was not well received by McConnell.

"Considering that, one, Congress with bipartisan support, has always funded the child nutrition program, and two, once a new appropriation bill is passed, 'amounts appropriated for SNAP could be transferred to the child nutrition program account to effectively reimburse her for the amounts that account covered,'" he declared.

Solicitor general warned of states seizing "finite set of remaining funds"

Meanwhile, the Associated Press cited additional arguments which were advanced by Solicitor General D. John Sauer in his application to the Supreme Court for emergency relief.

Sauer pointed out that states were "trying to seize what they could of the agency’s finite set of remaining funds, before any appeal could even be filed, and to the detriment of other States' allotments."

"Once those billions are out the door, there is no ready mechanism for the government to recover those funds," the solicitor general went on to stress.