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Eleanor Holmes Norton: A municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will, of course, be allowed them.

On the recordJuly 11, 2023
A municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will, of course, be allowed them.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton references Madison to support D.C. self-governance.

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