Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal food benefits will remain on hold after the Supreme Court on Tuesday kept an order in place withholding SNAP payments as the government shutdown appears close to ending.

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Supreme Court today extended a pause on a judge’s order that required President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown, even as lawmakers took steps toward ending the stalemate.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to continue limiting SNAP benefits paid in November, extending a temporary stay that it had placed on payments last week.

The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation.

Reopening the government would restart the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries, but it’s not clear how quickly full payments would resume.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

Supreme Court extends SNAP payment freeze as Senate works to end government shutdown, impacting millions of food aid recipients.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on requiring the Trump administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans, even as the government shutdown appeared to near its end.

WASHINGTON — With a potential end to the government shutdown in sight, the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a freeze on a federal judge’s ruling that would require the Trump administration to fully fund the SNAP food program in November. The decision means the government, for now, does not have to distribute about $4 billion in additional SNAP funding as required by Rhode Island-based U.S. District Judge John McConnell. The Supreme Court block remains in place until midnight on Thursday. The case would likely become moot if the shutdown ends, as the bipartisan bill to reopen the government would fully fund the SNAP program through September of next year. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the Senate-passed measure to end the record-long shutdown. Nearly 42 million people rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. "The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government," Solicitor General D. John…