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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

MTG gets into Congressional shouting match over school lunches and feeding the poor

A Democratic lawmaker accused Marjorie Taylor Greene of calling Social Security benefits and school lunches 'garbage' during a meeting Wednesday - (House Oversight Committee)

A Democratic lawmaker shouted down Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during a House Oversight Committee meeting Wednesday, accusing the far-right lawmaker of calling school lunches and Social Security “garbage.”

Representative Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico offered an amendment to a tax cuts bill that would help prevent President Donald Trump from slashing or privatizing benefits, including Social Security, Medicaid, food assistance and housing income support.

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