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to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senate r.s and ds have been meeting right now. and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. we're hoping for some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, it's a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, it has the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, which deals with physician reimbursements under medicare. and then it also has the keystone pipeline language that was in the house, also in this particular senate bill. so i f...

"outfront" tonight, breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senate rs and ds have been meeting right now. and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. we're hoping for some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, it's a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, it has the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, which deals...

i'm erin burnett. breaking news on what matters to all americans watching tonight. the payroll tax. democrats and republicans have been fighting for weeks over how to pass an extension. now, if it gets extended, the average american will save about $1,000 in taxes next year, senators have been meeting right now, and john thune of south dakota stepped out a moment ago. we're hoping some good news. what can you tell us? >> right, it's a two-month extension, erin. it has unemployment insurance, the payroll tax cut extension, and what we call the doc fix, the deals with physician reimbur...

A number of people in congress including the republicans who say we've got to change the snap program. the republicans would like to turn it into a block grant program where each and every state governor could figure out how to dole out the food stamp money. >> and you said snap, supplemental nutritional assistance program so an 11% increase in one year. this is incredible. look how this has gone up. it shows how many people are in need. believe it or not, when it costs taxpayers $68 billion, double that of 2007, you think this is one program that can't be cut back. >> i know there are a lot o...

For the snap program which is the supplemental nutritional assistance program which replaced food stamps and states would face limits of how many people they could enroll in that program. and finally the plan would reduce fixed payments to farmers. as you see the record-breaking earnings for farmers are proposed so so they should share more of the burden on crop insurance. and in arizona they are planning to charge people who packed on a few extra pounds. is the government overreaching? our stream team weighs in next.