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Eleanor Holmes Norton: the last I read, OMB cannot override a statutory mandate of the United States Congress.

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
the last I read, OMB cannot override a statutory mandate of the United States Congress.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton asserts that OMB should not interfere with Congress's statutory mandates.

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