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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “D.C. would be the only state in the entire country to have the Federal Government pick up billions and billions of…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
D.C. would be the only state in the entire country to have the Federal Government pick up billions and billions of annual dollars in expenses each year.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton points out the unique financial support D.C. would receive if it became a state.

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