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‘This is just cruel’: MN Rep. Angie Craig calls out GOP for gutting safety net programs
MSNBC· 2025-07-05 16:12
Joining us now, Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig, ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Congresswoman Craig, thank you for coming to the weekend. Um, so the Washington Post Ipsos poll about this bill had an interesting two interesting stats.One-third of the people surveyed had no opinion of the so-called big, beautiful, whatever it is, bill, and twothirds had heard little or nothing about it. And I bring up th ...
‘Completely beatable’: Dems go on offensive over unpopular Republican budget
MSNBC· 2025-07-05 00:39
Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes back with you on this very, very, very special Independence Day edition of All-In. We are very glad you're here. We're glad to be here as well.It is a day for family and food celebrations and also in this era protests from Worcester, Massachusetts to Sue City, South Dakota, from Palm Bay, Florida to Tustin, California. Americans celebrated the nation's birthday by once again demonstrating against the Trump administration and protests scheduled all over the country ...
‘There will be consequences’ for GOP in 2026 after passing Trump's bill, says House Democrat
NBC News· 2025-07-03 21:30
Joining me now is California Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia. He is the newly minted ranking member on the House Oversight Committee. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us.Um, look, Congressman Hakee Jeff directly tied today's vote to next year's midterm elections using the term Project 2026. Do you see things the same way. I I think uh the leader is is absolutely right. I mean, first, this bill uh is horrific for the American public.And certainly, it is crazy that you would have Republicans in ...
'DEVASTATING': Red state governor says 200,000 residents will lose health care because of bill
MSNBC· 2025-07-03 13:33
Meanwhile, Democratic governors in red states like Kentucky and Kansas have been warning of the consequences if Republican lawmakers in Congress do pass this massive budget bill, as they are expected to do a short time from now. Those leaders say it would take health care and food assistance away from Americans who need it most. The bill cuts Medicaid, as we've been telling you, by $930 billion.It also cuts another $285 billion in food assistance. The Congressional Budget Office estimates nearly 12 million ...
Rep. Ro Khanna: Trump's bill will add $4 trillion to national debt, take deficit to 8% of GDP
CNBC Television· 2025-07-03 12:52
pulling a bit of a Cory Booker the last couple of hours. We'll see when that finishes. Congressman Ro Khanna of California has been listening to Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, but just popped out for Squawk Box.Good morning to you, sir. >> Good morning. It's been a long night. >> It's been a long night.You're on the losing end of this situation. What do you think the implication is here. >> There are two major problems I have with the bill.One that Larry Summers and Bob Rubin pointed out. This bill i ...
Warren: Republicans want to cut health care, food assistance for ‘tax give-aways’ to the rich
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 03:40
I know you had an amendment on on the floor. Tell us about it. Tell us about what was what is important in that amendment, right? So, my amendment was about what the Republicans have done to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And let me just remind everyone, that's that little agency that has forced giant banks and giant finance companies to return more than 20 billion dollar directly to 203 million people across this country, very popular. And the Republicans, they've actually taken a couple of cuts ...
'It's just awful': Schiff shames Senate GOP for voting against protecting kids' food assistance
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 03:25
Senator Schiff, thank you very much for making the time uh to join us. I know that it was your amendment that was just on the floor. Uh it was your amendment to guarantee food assistance uh be continued uh for families with children under 12. And every Republican in the Senate, 53 of them, voted against your amendment to guarantee nutritional support for children under 12 in this country.Did you think you had a chance of at least peeling off a few Republicans on this one. I did think there was a chance of p ...
'It's a nightmare': Top Dem slams GOP megabill's Medicaid, SNAP cuts
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 02:31
What does it mean for motans. Uh, this bill, it's a nightmare like every other state. One out of two people in my state is on Medicaid if they're in assisted living.So, think about that. So, this they are literally giving tax cuts to the wealthiest, $400,000 tax cut to multi-millionaires on the backs of people in assisted living, kids who are getting kicked off of food assistance. And it is, as just pointed out correctly, over $4 trillion in debt, which is going to mean increased mortgage rates.It's going t ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-06-30 16:58
More than 40 million people relied on SNAP food assistance in 2024. Many are in red districts represented by legislators who support gutting the aid https://t.co/GP7ssWmDwJ ...