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About on break, long form article in the "post" about attempting to address childhood hunger. this is not a foreign problem. this is a problem in american cities. >> one in four kids in this country is somehow dependent on the government to eat, whether through free reduced breakfast and lunch at schools or snap program. >> or wick. >> when school is out in the summer, there becomes a problem of getting nutrition to kids. this is an amazing piece in the "washington post" about a bus going throug...

Of food through the snap program but the farm bill covers so much more, especially when you get in the rural area. thats housing. there are jobs. all of that is included in the farm bill. when you take that away. then the help for small farmers. when you talk about subsidy, the big farmers have gotten big money but the little money that the small farmer gets can mean a difference in whether they can pay their taxes and stay on the farm or whether they lose the farm or not. >> a delay makes a dif...

Will try to rally support for the farm bill. the bill failed last month thanks to conservatives who thought the bills $21 billion in cuts to the so-called food stamp program were not severe enough. this time there are reports that house majority leader eric cantor may try to split the food stamp program known as snap from the farm provisions of the bill in order to pick up more conservative votes. that may actually be good news for families who rely on food stamps because money has been apportio...

Have. the snap program and others and electronic benefit transfer cards and there is no means testing. look, we have a government that is using taxpayer dollars to solicit people to go on the programs. >> thank you for joining us this week. >> coming up, the white house tour still cancelled and i hope the president is listening before he heads on the next trip. over pie charts all day. i want to travel, and i want the income to do it. ishares incomes etfs. low cost and diversified. find out why ...

That lulls able-bodied people into lives of dependency and complacency. that drains them of their will and their incentive to make the most of their lives." thats what this battle really felt like this week. not about farmers. and not about whether or not we should help people who need food programs. >> exactly. it was a continuation of the war on the poor and the 47%. you know, however you want to look at it. seems like republicans in congress have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the s.n...

Republican guest, katon, why do republicans hate superman? >> well, we dont hate superman. supermans my guy, okay? >> so youre down with the undocumented immigrant? >> well, let me just -- >> whose symbol from his home country is hope. just saying. >> well, melissa, now youve got me against superman, youve got me against the s.n.a.p. program. all thats incorrect. i havent seen the movie yet, but before dark, ill get to it. >> okay, good. >> but when we talk about immigration reform, we talk abou...

Passed, what does that tell you about the future of immigration reform and other important legislation as well? i.e. the budget? >> well, lets put -- lets take the issue. the issues are individual issues. and i think we have to -- we have to look at it from that perspective. however, you dont take a bill to the floor unless you have the votes. and i dont care what the piece of legislation is. you need to calculate the number of votes that you have. and if you take a look at yesterdays numbers wi...

There are democrats and republicans on both sides that are are not taking the knife to that in a way that some people at this table might not want. >> mat iglesias today say there iss not a ton to be said about it. but suffice it to say farmers have higher income than the average american while snap recipients have lower incomes. the house farm bill will redistribute tax dollars to the wealthy. its outrageous. >> i think its almost a $1 trillion bill over a ten-year billion. $750 billion of the ...

California and co-founder of the out of poverty caucus. she organized the snap challenge to ask congress to pledge to eat on a budget of less than $5 a day. when in your life did you use the snap program and what did it mean to you? >> im glad youre covering this. this is so important to many members of our country. in the early 70s, i had some difficult times, i was raising two small children as a single mother. there was nowhere to turn, but thank god for the food stamp program, and i am deepl...

Going through the food stamp challenge again. really reminds me of what it takes, the -- the weariness, the hassle. how do you do this on 450 a day. im off of it tomorrow morning. think of the millions of people who see no end in sight, that is the tragedy about this. >> what is your understanding of what the motivation is of your colleagues who are trying to cut the program and have any been receptive across the aisle to your arguments for just how vital and necessary this is for the people tha...