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“I’ve been at tables all these years by myself, which meant I had to form allies and alliances to be effective," she said, “which I did.”
Rep. Barbara Lee, with a nod to her mentor Shirley Chisholm, exits Congress as a renegade herself →
"Just do the math," Ms. Lee said. "In the Bay area, I believe it was the United Way that came out with a report that very recently $127,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by. Another survey very recently [found] $104,000 for a family of one, barely enough to get by.''
