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to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senate r.s and ds have been meeting right now. and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. were hoping for some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, its a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, it has the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, which deals with physician reimbursements under medicare. and then it also has...

"outfront" tonight, breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senate rs and ds have been meeting right now. and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. were hoping for some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, its a two-month extension, erin. it has unemp...

im erin burnett. breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senators have been meeting right now, and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. were hoping some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, its a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insuran...

A number of people in congress including the republicans who say weve got to change the snap program. the republicans would like to turn it into a block grant program where each and every state governor could figure out how to dole out the food stamp money. >> and you said snap, supplemental nutritional assistance program so an 11% increase in one year. this is incredible. look how this has gone up. it shows how many people are in need. believe it or not, when it costs taxpayers $68 billion, dou...

For the snap program which is the supplemental nutritional assistance program which replaced food stamps and states would face limits of how many people they could enroll in that program. and finally the plan would reduce fixed payments to farmers. as you see the record-breaking earnings for farmers are proposed so so they should share more of the burden on crop insurance. and in arizona they are planning to charge people who packed on a few extra pounds. is the government overreaching? our stre...

The country. theres one in iowa. des moines has grandview university, also a number of massachusetts colleges encourage people to -- theyve got links on their web site that say, you know what? if you dont have a meal plan or youre having trouble, go ahead and apply for food stamps or a snap card as its called, dont think of it as charity, this say. think of it as what you get for working hard in this country. >> steve, shouldnt they be saying, listen, its all about personal responsibility. go ou...

Paying citizens that we can afford. whats interesting, though, is theres an item in "the daily caller" today, the web site, that talks about how apparently the usda that now runs food stamps which are called the snap program, apparently theyre trying to ease the restrictions, make it easier for people to get and you dont necessarily have to prove financial necessity. >> and real quickly, thats starting right from universities all the way through, you know, whether you can pay your mortgage or no...

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Joe biden says show me your budget, ill tell you what your priorities are. ive always liked that. overall this republican pipe dream of a budget cuts $4.8 trillion over the next decade. thats a boat load of money. somebodys got to pay for that. corporations got to add more money, cut the defense? oh, no, there is an increase in defense spending. im all about protecting the country, but is this the way we want to do it? 68% of the cuts from people will be from low or moderate incomes. gosh, start...