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Billion dollar decision that a lot of people to realize how much that impacts the wallet to folks at home. organizations like ours have to pick up a lot of the select. over the course of the last year, we've seen about a 70% increase in -- we are going to have with these additional snap cuts probably another potentially up to 20% more in need. >> a couple quick things to leave you with -- some states are trying to pass legislation to keep the minimum at a level so families who are impacted cannot feel the impact of this new change that went into effect this past week. the cost of the overall f...

In the second half of last year, before the s.n.a.p. cuts. >> we're expecting to see a dramatic increase in the number we serve each month. >> reporter: like jody sprinkle, a single mom, waiting to find out how much her s.n.a.p. benefits will drop. >> it's going to hurt. one thing, it's going to hurt. >> reporter: one thing, the nonprofits say they may have to ration food or limit selection so there's more to go around. >> if our work can't make the demand that means more and more kids will go to bed hungry. seniors will struggle. >> reporter: now, the government funding package that ended the...

The $8 billion in snap cuts, is that just the price of bipartisanship in this day and age? >> well, alex, i'm so glad to have the opportunity to really talk to you about this because we've been in delicate negotiations for months and months and i couldn't speak to this until we got it done. first of all, a five-year farm bill means we are protecting food assistance for 47 million people in this country from any cuts because of a government shutdown by the republicans or any other bad policies in the house. we have protected them for the next five years from any cuts. secondly, we rejected ever...

Something both sides will agree on but at the same time build crop subsidies for farmers, many of whom don't need them. it would lock in generous subsidies at a time when farm incomes have reached the highest level in four decades. chuck grassley, a republican budget hawk, who advocates cuts to both snap and wealthy farmers scalded those in his party who cheer the s.n.a.p. cuts but willing to give farm subsidies a pass. reforming food stamps yet coddling millionaires, he wrote, why should staunch supporters of foot stamps accept less if millions of farmers get to keep their golden goose from t...

This is what rush had to say. >> the pope here has now gone beyond catholicism. he went further than previous comments, attacking the idolatry of money. this is just pure marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope. >> now i know that he was the godfather of conservatism. i didn't know he was the interpreter of theology. >> rush rim baugh has a problem with his pope. he probably really has a problem with jesus christ. he spent his whole life talking about the need to fight hunger and inequality. it's in the old testament, the new testament, and whether you're a believer of his teachings or you...