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DC mayor ratchets down marijuana fight with leaders in Congress

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 02/27/2015 - 06:26

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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) began to ratchet down her confrontation with conservatives in Congress in her first nationally televised interview after she rebuffed warnings from House Republicans and legalized marijuana.

Bowser had said on Wednesday that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the head of the powerful House Oversight Committee, should stop “bullying” the District over a voter-approved ballot measure. She suggested instead that Chaffetz should focus on “his job,” including passing a budget deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security from shutting down.

But in an appearance late Thursday on “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, Bowser never once mentioned Chaffetz by name and turned attention away from House Republican leadership, who could make her life difficult as mayor. Instead, the mayor returned the discussion over D.C. autonomy to a more familiar...

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