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Congresswoman Barbara Lee - Passionate Fighter for Americans Living in Poverty
Public servants like Congresswoman Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Out of Poverty Caucus, are rare and far too few.
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com where we have been personally inspired by Congresswoman Barbara Lee's rousing call to eradicate poverty at the Realizing the Dream Poverty Initiative in America report to Congress on October 25, 2007. Public servants like Congresswoman Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Out of Poverty Caucus, are rare and far too few. ... more -
Barbara Lee's War on Poverty - Article from The Nation
Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a leading member of the Out of Poverty Caucus. She also gave a powerful speech on ending poverty at the Realizing the Dream report to Congress on October 25, 2007.
Barbara Lee's War on Poverty
Recently, Congresswoman Barbara Lee said to me, "This is a moment when people are suffering. They are one paycheck -- if they have a paycheck -- away from poverty."
That's why Lee has maintained a laser-like focus on addressing poverty. One in eight Americans -- approximately 37 million people -- now live below the federal poverty line of $19,971 for a family of four. (A woefully inadequate measure that is 42 years old and fails to account for basic necessities.) That's 4.9 million more people than in 2000 and the poverty rate for children is the highest of all age groups. Nearly 60 million people live just above the poverty line. Using the British standard of measurement, approximately 30 percent of Americans -- and 40 percent of American children -- are living in poverty. Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a leading member of the Out of Poverty Caucus. She also gave a powerful speech on ending poverty at the R... more
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