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$770 billion spent on food stamps. he's trying trim 20. the senate would not vote for it. >> alisyn: because basically all he was saying is let's means test it o make sure the people who are eligible are getting it and the people who don't need are not abusing the system. so here are some of the gop senators who voted against his plans to asset test this. senator scott brown of massachusetts, senator susan collins, senator olympia snowe. they didn't go along with it. $770 billion over ten years, they have to start somewhere. >> steve: if youfully a million dollars house, should you be eligible...

Live in the state of texas. it is a big number. stuart varney joins me from the fox business network. good morning, stuart. this is a growing problem obviously. >> whole world is looking to america to see if we're prepared to rein in, at least a little bit, our entitlement programs because we want to rein in our burgeoning debt. judging by the performance of the u.s. senate yesterday. we're not prepared to make even minor changes in a program like food stamps. two proposals were up for vote. stop giving food stamps to people with tens of thousands of dollars in the bank. number two, stop the f...

Appearance. this man reminds me of leaders from the greatest generation, civil, honorable, earnest and he has a very fast mind and really funny guy. >> laura: i have always called him ward cleaver. >> that's what i think of. i grew up watching leave it to beaver idolizing ward cleaver. he is a very nice civil man. very earnest. >> laura: we need us somebody to set us straight and wally did too. we need honest mature adult in the classroom. >> exactly. that's the point i'm trying to make. >> laura: i get it congressman, let's move on to budget question because the president clearly is seeing yo...

Appearance. this man reminds me of leaders from the greatest generation, civil, honorable, earnest and he has a very fast mind and really funny guy. >> laura: i have always called him ward cleaver. >> that's what i think of. i grew up watching leave it to beaver idolizing ward cleaver. he is a very nice civil man. very earnest. >> laura: we need us somebody to set us straight and wally did too. we need honest mature adult in the classroom. >> exactly. that's the point i'm trying to make. >> laura: i get it congressman, let's move on to budget question because the president t clearly is seeing ...

But if you meet up and your friend announces he's already ate, there's nothing to discuss. look inside the gop budget, you can see this is not a debate over where to eat. the republicans are not budgets to pay for america's commitments, they're using this process to cancel our commitments. congressman ryan's budget cuts medicare and related health care programs by a whopping $770 billion. that is 1/3 of the total health care spending. it cuts another $1.5 trillion by eliminating the president's health care law. outside of health care and social security, ryan's budget cuts all other domestic s...