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On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
The biggest and most successful of the Federal Government's antipoverty programs next to Social Security, reducing the 2012 poverty rate by 3 percentage points and the poverty rate for children by 6.
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Bob Casey
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Highlights the effectiveness of federal antipoverty programs.

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