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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Spends Day Off With Homeless Man For A Lesson You Can't Learn From An Office
The Huffington Post | By Eleanor Goldberg
Posted: 01/03/2014 1:23 pm EST | Updated: 01/04/2014 1:22 pm EST
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has no specific homelessness agenda at the moment other than to better understand the struggles people on the streets face. So he spent his vacation day on Monday shadowing a man who has lost everything.
Murphy, a freshman U.S. Senator, didnt have any delusions when he decided to spend eight hours with a homeless man, whom he referred to as Nick on his Twitter feed to protect his identity.
His goal was to simply put flesh and bones on what hes already gleaned of what it means to be homeless in one of the country's richest states, he told the New Haven Independent.
Its unacceptable, he told ThinkProgress, that people in the richest state in the richest nation in the world should have to live this dehumanizing experience.
Read the full story @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/03/chris-murphy-homelessness_n_4536771.html?utm_hp_ref=homelessness
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Senator Spends Day Off With Homeless Man For A Lesson You Can't Learn From An Office (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Jan 2014
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sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)1. That's my Senator
I spent a lot of time and money to keep that seat out of the grubby greedy hands of Linda McMahon and I'm damned happy for it.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)5. Thank you for all of that. Did the nation a favor. n/t
louis-t
(23,297 posts)2. It should be a requirement for every member of Congress.
Just one day.....
Zorra
(27,670 posts)3. Recommend. nt
Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)4. Now that's called getting to know a constituent