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Size of spain and congressional republicans pointed to the number 70, the percent of increase in 2011 in the s.n.a.p. program and 78 billion, a high in annual spending on food assistance, which has more than doubled in that same period, making s.n.a.p. the second largest social safety net program behind medicaid. it makes up 80% of farm bill spending, so republicans call for billions to be cut in aid for the hungry, he called it modest reform. which led senate democrats to point to a few numbers of their own. 46. 2 million, that's the number of americans living in poverty in 2010. which was th...

blossomed. and first there was bountygate, now there's spygate. the general manager of the new orleans saints is being accused of bugging the superdome to listen in on visiting coaches. there's talk of criminal charges, but mickey loomis is saying the report is 1,0000 plu false. >> a police dog sent in to end a high speed chase. apparently he worked it out. >> that's some nice maneuvers. up first this morning a dramatic turnaround in the trayvon martin case. the sanford, florida city commission voted to reject the police commissioner's resignation. last month he was blasted for n...

Federal s.n.a.p. program, formerly known at food stamps. the agriculture committee inspired by paul ryan's budget approved a bill cutting food ç star stamps and and pennies compared to the cuts proposed under ryan's budget plan totals more than $130 billion over ten years. digging into the data on food stamps' s.n.a.p. . they're trying to get away from the term. let's stipulate we'll call it s.n.a.p. . stipulated. >> no. >> no? you like food stamps. the data is shocking in terms of the rise of the program. now about 45 million americans, because largely because of the devastating consequence...

>> now, perhaps predictably, your house colleague, congresswoman michele bachmann was outraged about comments saying that stay at home moms don't work. take a listen to what she said on "meet the press." >> insulting women who make the choices to stay at home and care for their children. i think we need to lift up women that take on the most difficult job in the world. >> she wants to lift up women. do you think she's going to reach across the aisle and support this bill? >> well, it's not only this piece of legislation. michele bachmann has already voted for legislation that would cut, yester...

>> and don't forget, once again he destroys medicare as we know it. turns it into a voucher program, meaning that seniors would have to go out and find insurance. oh, he says that they can go to medicare. but it's still a voucher that doesn't keep up with medical inflation. and so, medicare as we know it would be ending. but the food stamp or snap program would also be cut and the requirement, if you want to get on food stamps, would be that you have to have a look far job or have job training. what about all of the children? are they going to have to also go out and look far job? >> yes. >> l...