The Democratic majority is likely to approved the resolution and then the law says the Republican-controlled Senate would have to consider the measure too.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Despair
filled the eyes of the mother next to me in the Senate committee hearing room
as she showed me a picture of her son.
She
explained he will need lifelong medical care because she was unknowingly
exposed to lead paint and mold in her home...
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