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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Does Maryland have any jurisdiction over the District of Columbia today? It does not.

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
Does Maryland have any jurisdiction over the District of Columbia today? It does not.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton clarifies that Maryland has no jurisdiction over D.C.

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