It shouldnt be surprising to see that the Admin declined the Judge's first option and went with option number two. The two options were as follows
One option was to make the full payment of SNAP benefits for November by the end of the day Monday by using Section 32 Child Nutrition Program fundings and other unspecified funds.The other option was to “make a partial payment of the total amount of the contingency fund and ... expeditiously resolve the administrative and clerical burdens it described in its papers, but under no circumstances shall the partial payments be made later than Wednesday.”
It will be interesting to see how this affects the current pressure that was being caused by SNAP benefits expiring.... The Senate got a partial reprieve but not an entire one.