the paragraph phht wiied out the shops was slipped into the bill by montana senator max baucus.000, baucus has received $20,000 in pac contributions from altria - the $70 billion tooaaco company. the real issue isn't about selling tooacco. it's about the cozy relationship between members f congress and the special interests they serve. ttere is a world of difference between being pro- business and prr-free markets. what's to top congress from businesses? lunch trucks, roadside sttnds, farmers' markets, co-opss by the way, this was a ipartisan effort. republicans and democrats overwhelmingly passed the highway bill. for more on this story isit behind the headlines dot net and follow us on twitttr and facebook. i'm mark hyman. the dream act debate.how the fight over the november referendum is heating up. tonight on fox 45 news at five.3

i spoke with senator max baucus, the chairman of the committee. >> what concerns you most about this disabled national veterans foundation? >> it sounds like it is a front. i don't think it is legit. they take about $56 million from ordinary good americans who want to help veterans, but then don't give any money to veterans, and in this case, don't give any money to disabled veterans. it is an outrage, frankly. >> have you heard about the dvnf before? >> i have not, frankly. you highlighted it in one of your reports. >> senator max baucus giving a nod to drew griffin's reporting. dvnf, that is not the only group that drew has been covering. there is another group that has spca international. a similar losing connection to quadriga arts. the group is baghdad pups, they raised millions of dollars to raise military dogs with u.s. troops and others they serve overseas. that's the idea. as far as we can tell, they don't do that at all. once again here is drew griffin. >> reporter: in montreal, like every big city, the needs at the local aspc are great, dogs and cats need help and the mone

you highlighted it in one of your reports. >> senator max baucus.f is not the only charity that drew has been highlighting. spca international has a similar losing connection to quadriga art. it's called baghdad pups. they've raised millions of dollars to reunite military members with abandoned dogs. they don't really do that at all. once again, here's drew griffin. >> in montreal, the needs of the local spca were great. the money to help them is running out. so in 2005, what seemed like a great opportunity came knocking. a private fundraising company called quadriga art, spca would become the canadian spca and quadriga arts would send mailers. across all of canada. there was a big problem. practically every dollar that came in, according to montreal's new spca director was going directly to quadriga art. the fundraising bill so large that after three years, the montreal spca, despite receiving $13 million in donations, was in the hole $4.5 million. >> how do you get in debt to a fund-raiser? >> by incurring expenses and not having a plan for gettin

max baucus put out a bill in the super committee to put out a long-term plan. there have been things but on the table. every single one of those plants has been rejected by the republicans because they're still in the position that there is no revenue. we have been advocating a balanced approach and we have put out plans, but they have all been rejected by the republicans. >> you have said in the past you think the sequester is "a dumb way" to make cuts, that is just a hair cut across the top. if the did -- is the defense budget too big? you feel like there are places to make cuts? >> absolutely. >> can be specific about where you think the best cuts are to be made? what the defense budget has doubled in the last 10 years. at the height of the iraq war, we had 200,000 troops deployed between iraq and afghanistan. we now have zero in iraq and we're getting the 68,000 deployed. we're going to see a reduction in the size of the force. that is appropriate and in. to save a lot of money. when we look at our nuclear policy, it was built based on deterrence and mutual

the paragraph that wiped out the shops was slipped into the bill by montana senator max baucus.ce 2000, baucus has received $20,000 in pac contributions from altria - the $70 billion tobacco company. the real issue isn't about selling tobacco. it's about the cozy relationship between members of congress and the special interests they serve. there is a world of difference between being pro- business and pro-free markets. what's to stop congress from shutting down other mom & pop businesses? lunch trucks, roadside stands, farmers' markets, co-ops? by the way, this was a bipartisan effort. republicans and democrats overwhelmingly passed the highway bill. for more on this story visit behind the headlines dot net and follow us on twitter and facebook. i'm mark it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in to dunkin' and try the new oreo coolatta and donuts today. president obama ... and... first lady... michelle obama... became t

i spoke with senator max baucus, the chairman of the committee. >> what disturbs you the most in. >>sounds like it's a front. it's not legit. they've taken $56 million from ordinary good americans who want to help americans but then don't give any money to veterans and in this case don't give any money to disablted veterans. it's an outrage, frankly. >> have you heard of the dvnf before? >> i have not, frankly. you highlighted it in one of your reports. >> senator max baulk kus. dvnf is not the only charity that drew has been highlighting. spca international has a similar losing connection to quadriga art. it's called baghdad pups. they've raised millions of dollars to reunite military members with abandoned dogs. they don't really do that at all. once again, here's drew griffin. >> in montreal, the needs of the local spca were great. the money to help them is running out. so in 2005, what seemed like a great opportunity came knocking. a private fundraising company called quadriga art, spca would become the canadian spca and quadriga arts would send mailers. there was a big problem.