US Lawmakers Disagree on How to Reduce Poverty

Fifty years after U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, about 46 million Americans are living in poverty. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says government social welfare programs are not working, and it is time to listen to those fighting poverty on the front lines for different approaches. Democrats say things would be much worse, however, without government services for the poor. Democratic and Republican lawmakers faced off Wednesday at a hearing...

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