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Eleanor Holmes Norton: If compromise is to be the way of the lame duck and the way of the 113th Congress, I certainly hope we won't open that…

On the recordNovember 15, 2012
If compromise is to be the way of the lame duck and the way of the 113th Congress, I certainly hope we won't open that issue.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses hope to avoid reopening settled issues in Congress.

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