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The poverty rate in Mulvaney's old district (14.9%) isn't much lower than it is in Cummings' district (16.6%). Both are above the national poverty rate of 12.3%. By Mulvaney's standard, Republican Reps. Jeff Duncan and Tom Rice of SC should be thrown out of office. 1/2
So should Georgia Reps. Buddy Carter (16.6%), Rick Allen (19.7%), Austin Scott (19.7%), and most of the Alabama and Mississippi delegations. But members of Congress focus on federal policy, not local policy. Mulvaney has pushed hard to limit eligibility for anti-poverty programs.
The poverty rate in St. Bernard parish, in minority whip Steve Scalise's, district is 20%. The poverty rate in Clay County, Ky., is 40%, and nearly 50% of school-age kids live in poverty there. Does that mean McConnell, Paul and Rep. Hal Rogers should lose their next elections?
