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More low-income Americans are now required to work in order to receive food stamps.

President biden gave remarks on the debt ceiling agreement, calling it an important step forward. good news, this comes after house and senate democrats received a white house briefing with more details on the bill. the 99-page text was also released months ago. among the provisions, expanded work ornaments for snap eligibility and an increase in defense spending. before the contours of the deal were released, progressives were already saying democrats may have over compromised. this is what congressional progressive caucus chair jayapal said this morning. first >> of all, let me say terrible ...

President biden gave remarks on the debt ceiling agreement, calling it an important step forward. good news, this comes after house and senate democrats received a white house briefing with more details on the bill. the 99-page text was also released months ago. among the provisions, expanded work ornaments for snap eligibility and an increase in defense spending. before the contours of the deal were released, progressives were already saying democrats may have over compromised. this is what congressional progressive caucus chair jayapal said this morning. first >> of all, let me say terrible ...

To understand. agreement in principle means that people in the room agree to this, the negotiators, members of the white house, steve ruch, eddie the council of the president, and shalanda young who feel [inaudible] obviously the president and kevin mccarthy themselves, speaker mccarthy agreed, and negotiators on the republican side. after a text of this bill is available, then comes the work of twisting arms and whipping -- the white house is gonna have to whip votes, working with dam leadership to ensure that all of the democrats are on board. frankly, kevin mccarthy, speaker mccarthy, is go...

Disproportionately as chairman of [inaudible] early on my show today, affects people, affects children. this point about new limits of time, snap eligibility, it 54 with children is very important. there is also hearing expanded access for veterans and for those who own houses, there will be some changes. and democratic lawmakers told me that there will be expedited environmental reviews, they're still nailing down the details. more to come, but democratic members of congress much like us are scrambling to hear what exactly is in this deal. >> i'm sure they are, symone. one more before i let y...