here s what s happening. it is day 15 of the government shutdown and still no sign of a breakthrough. with president trump threatening that the shutdown could last for months or even years, the possibility of delayed tax refunds or cuts to food stamps appear greater. congress has not provided food stamp funding beyond this month. welcome back to dateline. it had been a month since stephanie roller bruner was bludgeoned and drowned. three potential suspects. the husband, dale. the boyfriend, ron. and ron s wife, cindy.
in return from senator cochran whether it s food stamp funding and programs that help poor blacks in mississippi or the voting rights act. congressman fudge said, absolutely, we have expectations. representative hank johnson said the votes were delivered. i hope he ll be responsive to voters that pushed him over the top. emmanuel cleaver said i hope he comes to the realization that african-americans are the reason are i have this final six year ares so i will try to be more responsible than i have been. another african-american leader looking for more support from senator cochran is naacp president derek johnson. alex burns is a senior reporter for politico. two questions i want to establish for people. last week in the run-off in mississippi, did you vote? did you support either of the republican candidates? no. i did not vote. i voted in the democratic primary election so i could not vote in the run are-off election.
only at your ford dealer. the republican party of mississippi expanded its base. it reached out to democrats ander particularly black democrats and said, join with us, thad cochran is a better choice, and they succeeded. we are back. that was former secretary of state hillary clinton weighing in on thad cochran s victory in the mississippi run-off over tea party challenger chris mcdaniel by court democrats. whether it was about creating big tent politics or a desire to win african-american leaders are telling thad cochran he owes them. three members of the congressional black caucus told politico they expect something in return from senator cochran whether it s food stamp funding and programs that help poor blacks in mississippi or the voting rights act.
was jack kemp when he started out empower america in the 90s. a return to style. which didn t work. kemp s policies in terms of pro growth economics and supply economics you re going to see ryan return to that. so does mike lee. tax cuts to the rich. that s what that means. to howard s point the president can own basic fairness doctrine as a principle. at the same time it s worrisome to me democratic asks are something we shouldn t have to ask for. a raise in the minimum wage, fine, controversial. food stamp funding or the end to the skes ter cuts. when you did the last vote, 91-3 in the senate, a whole slew of republicans there. you have to look at the world view. as a republican i don t want to spend government money. i want people to work hard. wouldn t the minimum wage make a
we advocate for more food wherever we can. we work with food banks, harvest, united way, private companies. and meeting the demand is much i think the face of poverty has become this issue of housing and jobs. for the people who we re serving, as you said, the amount of money, you could never support your family or kids on any of that. so s.n.a.p. being reduced or eventually if it s cut would actually devastate the population. they could never manage to do this. what do you see in the next week or month as the true effect of the cutting or the reduction, i should say, of food stamp funding is really hitting the road here? when the recipients do really feel it? it s actually hit. it actually hit last week. people are starting to get notices. today one of the clients we deal with, he s in a wheelchair, has m.s. he just got a letter saying his food stamps are cut by $35. what will he do?