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Eleanor Holmes Norton: My concern is, as I've expressed it before, that with the Local Budget Autonomy Act, which will allow officials of the…

On the recordMay 11, 2016
My concern is, as I've expressed it before, that with the Local Budget Autonomy Act, which will allow officials of the District to spend money that is not appropriated by Congress, that people could find that there are some violations of both Federal law and the Home Rule Act.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton expresses concerns about potential legal violations from the Local Budget Autonomy Act.

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