29 House members urge leaders not to end page program

A group of 29 House members is urging House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) not to end the House Page Program, which the top two leaders announced is set to conclude at the end of the month.

Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.), a four-term congressman and former page who earlier this month wrote an op-ed in The Hill calling the move by Boehner and Pelosi "drastic and unfounded," penned a letter Monday along with 28 other lawmakers urging the House leaders to reconsider their decision to end the program.

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Thomas Erdbrink 23 Aug, 2011

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