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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I am extremely disappointed that the Biden administration's two budgets have proposed maintaining the right that…

On the recordJune 26, 2022
I am extremely disappointed that the Biden administration's two budgets have proposed maintaining the right that prohibits the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on commercializing recreational marijuana.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses disappointment over budget proposals affecting D.C.'s marijuana legislation.

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