On the recordMay 11, 2011
But then I had one bill that said in the event of a shutdown, in any year, the District may spend its local funds so that we would not have to go through what we went through this time.
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congress.govEleanor Holmes Norton: “But then I had one bill that said in the event of a shutdown, in any year, the District may spend its local funds so…”
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Norton discusses a bill allowing D.C. to use local funds during a federal shutdown.
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