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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The District is treated as a state for Federal programs with very, very few exceptions, most of them simply oversights…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
The District is treated as a state for Federal programs with very, very few exceptions, most of them simply oversights or failures to update.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton argues for the District's inclusion in federal funding programs.

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