Lawmakers Find $21 a Week Doesn't Buy a Lot of Groceries

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) stood before the refrigerated section of the Safeway on Capitol Hill yesterday and looked longingly at the eggs.
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Lyndsey Layton

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