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Food stamps. about $4 a meal in a city where cereal at her local store costs $4.50. so she sells c s cans for money. >> after these cuts, the average benefit per person per meal will be $1.40. >> reporter: katherine and 47 million americans will now have even less money. that includes 22 million children on food stamps and 9 million elderly are seriously disabled people according to the center for budget and policy priorities. even congressional democrats were upset about the president's gamble. >> i did not want to do that. this was a -- these were bad choices to make. >> thank you. >> report...

$1.40. >> reporter: the cuts impact 47 million americans, including 22 million americans on food stamps and 9 million elderly or seriously disabled people, according to the center of budget priorities. like kathryn who went from grandma to single mother of three when her daughter died. each month, she gets $358 in food stamps to feed a family of four. about $4 a meal in a city where a box of creelial is 4.50. she sells cans to make ends meet. the president said he'd negotiate more funding with congress. negotiating with congress right now seems unlikely. >> i know a number of members of congre...

Building in rockefeller center. they want to cut it from $1.50 to $1.40. >> try living on $1.40 per meal in america. people are hungry. they are hungry in america. roughly 50 million people are not getting three meals a day, and they're cutting not only the $5 billion that goes into effect tomorrow, but in the farm bill on the house side, they cut it a whopping $40 billion. the senate cut it by $4 billion. they're going to conference. there will be a compromise someplace. but we will be fighting to do away with these cuts and try to eliminate them. >> yeah. you mention the house gop wants to c...

Benefit per person per meal will be $1.40. >> reporter: the cuts impact 47 million americans including 22 million children on food stamps and nine million elderly or seriously disabled people. like katherine mckinnon, who went from grandma to a single mother of three when her daughter died. each month, she gets $358 in food stamps to feed a family of four. about $4 a meal in a city where a box of cereal at her local store is $4.50. she sells cans to make ends meet. >> no matter how people look at you, keep your head up. >> reporter: the president said he would negotiate more funding with congr...

Abled bodied adults who don't have to be required to either look for work or be in a position where they're getting trained to be prepared for work. >> i looked at second thessalonians 3: 10, for even when we were with you, we gave you this rule. the one who is i'm willing to work, not eat. >> always good to throw in a little faith, isn't it? so the republicans can justify their position. because they're so concerned that the average s.n.a.p. recipient receives about $133 a month in benefits. let's break that down. it's a little more than $4 a day. break it down again. it's $1.40 per meal. in ...