Under a district judge's earlier order, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) previously used the remainder of the SNAP contingency fund, which only covered half of this month.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins called on the Senate to vote "yes" and fund the government to keep to program running. She said the government is failing people, stating, "Poverty is not red or blue... It doesn't matter who you voted for -- or even if you voted -- that if you are in a position where you can't feed your family, and you're relying on that $187 a month for an average family in the SNAP program."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is also in the process of investigating massive fraud in SNAP.