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Danny Davis: I was even more surprised because this came the day after the big thinker of the Republican Party, my good friend Mr.…

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
I was even more surprised because this came the day after the big thinker of the Republican Party, my good friend Mr. Ryan, released his ideas of how to lift Americans out of poverty.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis critiques Ryan's poverty plan for lacking effective policies.

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