A senior Democratic lawmaker and two prominent Democratic mayors blamed recent riots in Baltimore partly on a lack of government spending.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, a member of the Democratic House leadership who is running for election to the Senate, told CNN that Republican spending cuts would exacerbate urban problems that have shocked the nation in the past week.

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