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Mike emmanuel has more. mike? >> hi. the republican lawmakers behind this legislation want to take a closer look at the explosion in the number of people receiving food stamps, nearly 16 million people added in recent years and the growth and the amount of spending on the program. they are argue if you cut waste, fraud and abuse, it will preserve the assistance for those would really need the help, though south dakota senator acknowledges it won't be easy because he says some lawmakers don't like cutting spending of any kind. >> hopefully there is enough people on both sides of the aisle who r...

By the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. here's the most maddening thing about the debate over the sequester. a, the sequester exists because republicans won an election and push for spending cuts, at least that's the reason broadly it exists. republicans, b, want discretionary spending cuts, that's part of the government they want to see shrink, and, c, republicans want to get spending cuts, then they want to simultaneously attack th...

Association of america, 19 million meals will be lost as a result. now, i can imagine what you'll say, mr. speaker. you'll say what you always say, which is number one, the sequester isn't that harmful and, number two, it's the president's fault anyway. but before you offer your te tedious talking points i do wonder if you ever think about what these meals mean to seniors like 98-year-old frances haskell from tennessee. it's bad enough your philosophy of cutting spending as the economy recovers isn't working anywhere in the world, but what about the fact that frances haskell depends on that pr...

Taxes and she increased the consumption tax, the v.a.t. she took deficit reduction very seriously. if that meant cutting social programs, she was perfectly happy to do it she slashed the value, the equivalent of social security. she slashed the value of welfare benefits, she was willing to take on unpopular decisions. republicans love to talk about cutting taxes and cutting spending, they're happy to ultimately to see the deficit rise rather than taking unpopular decisions. >> and let's talk about that, frank. >> that's a great point. this is one core difference between thatcher's tories and r...

>> john: very exciting game. the president revealing his budget coming up on wednesday it looks like now is the best guess offering to trade cuts and entitlements for more revenue raises. what do you think of the idea? >> i don't think he is going at it the right way. i appreciate he is trying to get at the deficit. we have to get at the deficit. you have to get the economy growing so you need to get a tax policy that lowers your overall tax rate. i think you have to do more at government cuts, more like a government employee buyout program like at the stated levels and go at targeted things l...