Dec 13, 2010.
Obama signs bill cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps
"Some Democrats had objected to the bill because it is funded in part by stripping $2.2 billion from the federal food stamp program. Congress also voted over the summer to take money from the (food stamp) program to fund legislation sending money to cash-strapped states to avoid teacher layoffs."
Saying and doing are two separate things, aren't they, republibub?
Democrats put aside their disagreements on Thursday, after concluding that it was better to take what they could get than to gamble on their chances in the next Congress when Republicans will control the House. Mr. Obama tamped down concern by telling Democrats he would work with them to find other ways to pay for the bill, before the cuts in food stamps take effect.
“The president will do everything he can to restore these unconscionable cuts,” said Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of California and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus