Buffalo (pronounced /ˈbʌfəloʊ/, (Nyuθrù•ręˀ in Tuscarora) is an American city in western New York. It lies at the eastern end of Lake Erie and the southern head of the Niagara River, and is adjacent to Canada's Golden Horseshoe.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 292,648. Buffalo is the state's second-largest city after New York City and is the county seat of Erie County.Buffalo is the economic and cultural center of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area, an area with a population of 1.2 million people. Buffalo is the largest city of both the Buffalo Niagara Region and of western New York.

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A senior Democratic senator is pushing the leadership of the Senate to include a temporary expansion of Food Stamp benefits in the economic stimulus package now under development in Congress.

The economic stimulus plan announced today by House leaders and the Bush administration ignores two of the most important and effective methods to provide a quick economic boost—extension of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and increased food stamp benefits—and is weighted far too heavily with business, says the AFL-CIO.