WASHINGTON Senior Democratic lawmakers urged the State Department to reconsider plans to cut lifesaving assistance to several African countries, warning the move could have devastating humanitarian and security consequences. Gregory W. Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, ranking member of the Africa Subcommittee, led a group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio following reports that aid could be halted to Burkina Faso,