the asset test, to kick out anyone with $200 in assets or a car worth more than $4,500. and who is their leader of the super villain? john boehner, the speaker of the house! you know, it might be fun to think he s the zod to president obama s superman. but, really, we think he s a little more like gru, you know him, from despicable me, grand ambitions, minions he can never really keep in line. speaker boehner brought the house s version of the $940 billion farm bill to a vote on thursday, expecting to it pass, and it failed with 62 republicans voting against it. the vote was a shock, as usually house speakers don t bring major controversial bills to the floor unless they know they re going to pass. republicans tried to blame it on democrats, saying they failed to deliver the 40-votes promise. and house majority leader eric cantor even said he was, quote, extremely disappointed that democrats chose to derail years of bipartisan work. but even if gop leadership had those votes, the bil
on the particular dole can effectively double under the same president. dagen, i have to say weird. not weird, scary, this is clear evidence, but and scary i m frightened by this, clear evidence that the government is getting bigger without any new laws passed, just by tweaking laws that already exist. neil: what did it do, make the policy more liberal so more could get it. yes, exactly what s happened in recent years, the states have relaxed the income tax and also the asset test and pushed people to enroll, encouraged by the obama administration, in fact. there were 17 states in 09 that relaxed the environment to get on food stamps and another 11 in 2010. you have 16% of the american population on food stamps almost double what it was just 40 years ago. this is as the recession ended four years ago. you have unemployment has been falling, but you have a government entitlement program that is getting bigger and bigger and bigger and it s
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 not arresting trayvon martin immediately after the shooting, but now they question the fairness of removing him. chief lee is paying for the sins of past police officers. the police chiefs. he s been here he has been in office ten months. how do you steer a boat that big, mr. mayor? how do you steer a boat in ten months to a complete turnaround? you don t. heated discussion, in the meantime the
view. representative maureen stapleton said this, democrat out of detroit. more than 30% of michigan children receive food assistance. there are other things there are more extenuating circumstances. there s so much that happens in families, we should look at it and not put it in law. i don t know what that means. what that means is a lot of people that are on welfare using your taxpayer dollars to gamble with. that s what that means. it makes no sense to me either and i don t think it makes sense to the taxpayers in the state of michigan. the bill that you re presenting would require the lottery winners to have names cross checked with the department of human services? there s two bills. the first bill would state that if you went over $1,000 on lottery or gambling, it has to be reported to dhs, department of human services. the second bill states that the department of human services will then use that as an asset test to determine whether you still qualify for welfare. is
on a strong showing in tuesday s mississippi and alabama primaries, and he s still going after mitt romney, this time in reference to gas prices. the president seems to suggest to you just like dr. chu. dr. chu is the secretary of anti-energy. to be honest, he said that before he became secretary that he wanted americans to pay european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon. so last week give him credit for being honest. last week he testified in the house, and somebody from mississippi actually, said to him, gas prices are really hurting people. what are you going to do to lower gas prices? and to be fair to dr. chu, he honestly said, nothing. now, newt gingrich rather has plenty of company in mississippi. mitt romney is there as well holding a rally later today in pascagoula. rick santorum is next door, rounding up support with three stops across alabama. first time claims for unemployment benefits ticked upwards last week. labor department says that 362,000 people filed for