Yesterday afternoon, while the House Republican leadership was busy securing votes for the 2011 budget deal forged last week, a small group of House Democrats met to discuss with the press and the public their ongoing participation in “Hungerfast,” a nationwide hunger strike (which supposedly has over 36,000 participants) protesting cuts to federal food and nutrition programs.
The fasting gang of five included Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Donna Edwards of Maryland, and Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, both of California. Joining them in DeLauro’s small office on Capitol Hill was Ritu Sharma, the president of Women Thrive Worldwide, who helped organize the nationwide fast in protest to budget cuts to federal food and nutrition programs.
