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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “More recently, House Republicans passed for the second time this Congress a misguided D.C. voucher bill that was not…”

On the recordMay 11, 2016
More recently, House Republicans passed for the second time this Congress a misguided D.C. voucher bill that was not only not requested by the District.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton criticizes the passage of an unrequested D.C. voucher bill by House Republicans.

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