This resolution commemorates the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's declared war on poverty. The resolution expresses acknowledgement that the war on poverty had shortcomings that disproportionately affect racial minorities and those low on the socioeconomic ladder, and calls upon the federal government to continue to address poverty.
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