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From: The Washington Times | March 4, 2010
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton didn't flinch when comedian Stephen Colbert congratulated her on the District of Columbia's becoming a state. "Not quite," she replied during a segment on his show not long after President Obama's election. Mr. Colbert may have been joking, but with Democrats in control, Congress seems increasingly willing to loosen its grip on Mrs. Norton's city and allow it to function more like a state. That's no laughing matter for some 600,000 city residents. Congress still must OK the D.C. budget, and it can veto laws the D.C. Council passes, though that's rare. And despite some optimism ...
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