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Its not just workers. its again families that have limited vacation days to take their kids to parks and see the gate closed and 95% of the workforce that works on the snap program, the food stamp program has been furloughed. in youre a family falling into hunger and applying the workforce isnt there to help you. why punish all these people? they dont have anything to do with the border security debate. re-open everything else. we can find a deal. we can find a deal. >> tim kaine, the senator fr...

Governments snap program, thats the federal assistance program, basically food stamps here. the sda, who runs that program, say they have at least a number of reserves and then it becomes a question of how they will be able to provide that assistance to millions of americans after january. has the president heard from some of those people? >> one of the federal workers who has been furloughed from the government shutdown is laura mccann. shes been an irs programmer for the past 25 years, and she...

The work force. the snap program not funded beyond january. there is only money to cover payments until mid february and federal funding for health care and law enforcement with most of the irs closed, the shutdown may, may mean a delay in tax refunds. that will get everybodys attention. federal courts run out of funding next week but not the russia investigation. funding for the special counsel continues, so does government money helping the people of california. those still recovering from the...

Say along pathways and at least three people died inside our parks since the shutdown began. then there are the farmers already under duress from the presidents trade war with china. the shutdown means they arent getting the stim payments and 9 the work force. the snap program not funded beyond january. there is only money to cover payments until mid february and federal funding for health care and law enforcement with most of the irs closed, the shutdown may, may mean a delay in tax refunds. th...

The shutdown means they arent getting those stimulus payments promised by their government, that department of the usdea is closed along with 95% of the workforce that handles food assistance program. the s.n.a.p. program not funded beyond january. there is only money to cover payments until mid february and same goes for native american tribes who rely on federal funding for essential services like health care and law enforcement. with most rs now closed the shut down may, may mean a delay in t...

Nutritious food. >> thanks for discussing this vital topic. >> we talked about government workers who may not be getting paid and some are working and no salary. what are the impacts for people who are on the lower rung of the income and need this kind of government assistance? are they cut off or is it near to them being cut off? how critical? >> great question and its important to preface by saying government employees are not mutually exclusive. the lowest paid federal employees make $25,000 ...

The trump administration wants to tighten work requirements for millions of americans who receive federal food assistance through the snap program. the u.s. department of agriculture is proposing a rule that would restrict the ability of states to exempt work eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive food stamps. lets start with what snap is. it stands for supplemental, nutrition assistance program and serves roughly 40 million americans. currently, able body ad...

My coughing attack there. the trump administration wants to make people work for food stamps. if you are in a state with unemployment above 7%, you need to have a job to receive the benefit. in states with unemployment rates 20% greater than the national -- the snap program is run by the department of agriculture and serves roughly 30 million americans. open enrollment for obamacare ended saturday. 8.5 million americans signed up for health insurance. thats a 4% drop from last year, declinin...

Culture of the dependency on the government. the government is mental to be an assisting factor. not something or our agency that rules our lives. i mean, you can even look at the snap program in the title itself. its supposed to be supplemental nutrition. i think people are using that as nutrition thats going to completely fill out their pantry and refrigerator. its supposed to be supplemental. we should utilize the government as such. steve: we do need a safety net in this country there are a ...

>> president trump: almost 3.9 million americans have been lifted off food stamps and thats since the election. that means theyre getting out, working, loving their life. theyre getting jobs and paying much more than what they can make any other way. thats some number. thats a big number. off of food stamps. >> bill: that from saturday president trump touting success in people getting off the snap program. also known as food stamps. 3.9 million taken off food stamps since the president was elect...