House Proceeding 03-12-09 on Mar 12th, 2009 :: 1:46:50 to 1:47:29
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Keith Ellison: died in the world wars, who died in vietnam and who are still dying in iraq and afghanistan. mr. ellsworth: will the gentleman yield? mr. cleaver: yes. -- mr. ellison: will the gentleman yield? mr. cleaver: yes. mr. ellison: we know that there

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Emanuel Cleaver: are are they exempt from taxes? mr. cleaver: no. this is something that people probably don't know and i hope will become angry over this fact. the district of columbia, the residents, pay the second highest taxes of any city in the united states and yet they have no right given to them by

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Speech By: Emanuel Cleaver

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: the united states congress to

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Emanuel Cleaver: vote. mr. ellison: so they have to pay and when it comes to congress they don't get to play? i yield back to the gentleman. mr. cleaver: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. the people of the district of columbia work hard every day. they pay their taxes. they do the right thing. but when time comes to vote,