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Jamie Raskin: “Take the word of the former Delegate from D.C., my colleague Eleanor Holmes Norton's predecessor, who had opposed…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
Take the word of the former Delegate from D.C., my colleague Eleanor Holmes Norton's predecessor, who had opposed statehood and recognized the constitutional problem.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin mentions Eleanor Holmes Norton's predecessor's opposition to D.C. statehood.

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