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Senators McCain and Tester introduced a bill on April 28, 2010 to substantially take away the District of Columbia's right to determine its own gun laws. Council Member Michael A. Brown issued a press release on April 27, 2010 on this noting that statehood is the only to stop these intrusions on our rights. For coverage from the Washington Post and the Washington Times and Council Member Brown's statement, read more.
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Wayne Turner writes in The Washington Post about how D.C. is finally able, ten years after Congress first refused to let the District implement the voter's will, to set up a system to provide medical marijuana to patients with serious, chronic or debilitating medical conditions. To learn about initiative 59 and the D.C. Council's efforts to finally implement it, read more.
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Washington Post reporter Darryl Fears wrote on July 31, 2009, that a restrictive Congressional amendment to the city's appropriation bill would endanger the District of Columbia's ability to fund a needle exchange program to combat the spread of AIDS in the city. For the full story, read more.
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For those who wonder if we can afford to be a state, here is a good reason why we can't afford not to be one. Sen. Lindsey Graham is following in the footsteps of Sen. Robert Bryd of West Virginia. Where are our Senators to protect D.C. jobs? Read the following article by Bill Myers of the Washington Examiner for more.
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In the July 16, 2009 edition of the Washington Examiner, Michael Neibauer writes "Members of the U.S. House have added a new rider to the District's 2010 federal appropriation that threatens to wipe out most needle-exchange programs in D.C., even as Democrats claimed to have started a new era of no meddling in city affairs." For complete article, read more.
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