Text of US Sen Mitch Mcconnel (R-KY) amendment to #HR770 to reduce DC to 2nd class priority for inventor $1 coin minting, despite DC being fully fed taxed & voting for US President. Unanimous consent prevents holding Senators accountable.
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https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2018/06/20/senate-section/article/S4293-3 …
I called out Senators for sending DC’s fed taxpaying residents to the back of the line in a bill creating state coins honoring inventors. I’ve gotten wins to make DC equal w/ the states on our road to #DCStatehood. I won’t stand by while DC is disrespectedhttps://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-calls-out-senate-for-sending-federal-tax-paying-dc-residents-to …
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@EleanorNorton reports USRep@JaHimes D-#CT4 & USSen@ChrisMurphyCT sponsored the#HR770 "inventor & state themed $1 coin" bill, placing DC's coin alphabetically directly after Delaware, 9th, but USSen McConnell just placed DC after Wyoming, 51st.#DCstatehood - 1 more reply
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