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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Make DC a State

JL;DR SUMMARY Representative Jamie Raskin and Eleanor Holmes Norton advocated for DC statehood during Moment Magazine's annual benefit, where Norton received the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Human Rights Award. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestsCivil RightsRuth Bader GinsburgJamie RaskinUs CongressRuth Bader Ginsburg Human Rights AwardEleanor Holmes NortonDc StatehoodDc ResidentsTaxation Without Representation

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Washington DC, United States
"Raskin extolled Nortons work in getting a DC statehood bill passed in the 117th House of Representatives, and also invoked the residents of the District of Columbia, saying, I wanted to thank 713,000 tax-paying American citizens."
Maryland, United States
"Representative Jamie Raskin of Marylands 8th Congressional District and Eleanor Holmes Norton, DCs delegate to Congress, made impassioned pleas for DC statehood."

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