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Capitol Lens | Seeking aid for USAID

(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Tom Williams
Posted February 5, 2025 at 4:46pm

Democratic Rep. John Garamendi of California, left, and Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia attend a rally in Upper Senate Park on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s disruption to the U.S. Agency for International Development and to demand that Congress act to restore foreign aid.

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