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Table, and much more, congress will be in recess for most of august. shannon? >> steve, thank you very much. the houses approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger battle over food stamps. last thursday republicans pushed through an agriculture bill, but with the food stamp component stripped out of it for the first time in decades. some democrats call the move a heartless attempt at reducing the federal budget deficit, but republicans say they will hold a sepa...

Am iing a we shouldnt be looking at some kind of reform or it might not be something we shouldnt doing? no, im not saying that. the senate spent years trying to get a bill through. it reduced the cost of the bill by $40 billion. it passed by a very significant majority. when it first got defeated in the house, people were terrified there wasnt going to be anything for food stamps. youve only heard republicans talk about it over the weekend. i hope thats true. weve got -- i had a woman yesterday ...

Thats capable of electing republicans under certain circumstances. rob johnson seems way out of line with where wisconsin is. >> i would like to say that he is. but there is a part of wisconsin -- you know, like all states are somewhat purple. wisconsin is -- is blue in some ways but it has a strong gun culture and ron johnson scratch it is itch of a certain kind of wisconsin voter that -- it is not just upstate. it is -- some of the -- suburban ring milwaukee counties as well that are very, ver...

Republican votes. they have only so much room to roam on the right. if you start to tiptoe towards the center, the grassroots really start to pay attention. it gets delicate. thats why i think you see rubio, for instance, never going to get out on guns and immigration at the same time. >> we have -- we have a couple more we want to get to. there is a second category. this is an inning one. blue state and swing state republicans who voted no on this. we will start with rob johnson, republican ele...

The legality of their trip is murky at best, and completely wrong from an ethical point of view. >> i wish they would have a little more common sense and understanding and solidarity with the suffering of the cuban people and they ate at great places and stayed at beautiful hotels, none of which the cuban people are allowed to eat or stay, were they able to afford it, if ch they cant. it doesnt send the right message to the suffering cuban people. they want freedom and beyonce and jay-z are ther...

I say lets make him a proposition he cant refuse. lets vote him out. tonight senator marco rubio takes the stage. join fred and megan for a special election headquarters and greta has all of the political fall out with rob johnson and bob mcdonald. tonight. thats true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

Conservatives, tea party senators, jim demint and marco rubio, rob johnson and others trying to push house republicans to pass something with spending levels at a slightly lower level they thought would reduce the leverage the democrats would have when it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy. after the election. this takes that away. im told to defend john boehner you would say nobody wants to have the fight before the election an were going to have -- were going to fight about all of these big...

im talking about kruklo dollar. he preaches in his massive church just outside atlanta. no, he says he did not punch her. no, he says, he did not choke her. those are the accusations that got dollar thrown in jail on thursday. earlier today, these words from the pastor to his congregation. >> the truth is, she was not choked, she was not punched. there were not any scratches on her neck. but the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. anything else is an exaggerat...

To stop government agencies from wasting your money. but is the so-called crackdown really a crackdown? senator rob johnson is on the budget and appropriations company. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> what is the plan? the white house office of management and budget director has a plan. whats his plan? >> the acting director came out with a plan saying no longer with anybody be able to spend more than $500,000 for a conference. but that can be waived. anything -- any conference that spend...

House finally says it has a plan to stop government agencies from wasting your money. but is the so-called crackdown really a crackdown? senator rob johnson is on the budget and appropriations company. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> what is the plan? the white house office of management and budget director has a plan. whats his plan? >> the acting director came out with a plan saying no longer with anybody be able to spend more than $500,000 for a conference. but that can be waived. anyt...