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Boehner Endangers His Own District with Safety Net Cuts Article
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is proposing a deficit reduction plan that drastically cuts poverty programs while child poverty in the speaker's district rose almost 50 percent from 2008 to 2009. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner Endangers His Own District with Safety Net Cuts

House Speaker John Boehner should take a close look at how his debt limit deal would hurt his own district by cutting much needed programs for low-income families, write Melissa Boteach and Jessica Liu.

Melissa Boteach, Jessica Liu