D.C. City Council

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Family and Friends of Incarcerated People Founder Stuart Anderson, center, listens as local organizer with Collective Power Makeda Cranan [cq], right, speaks at a rally to end racially biased enforcement of drug laws as the D.C. City Council debates a marijuana decriminalization bill at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Local Organizer with Collective Power Makeda Cranan [cq], center, speaks at a rally to end racially biased enforcement of drug laws as the D.C. City Council debates a marijuana decriminalization bill at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. City Council member Muriel Bowser, Ward 4 Democrat and mayoral candidate, joined the Fourth of July party on the Palisades parade route on MacArthur Boulevard. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan testifies in front of the D.C. Board of Elections on his opposition to a proposed ballot referendum already passed by the D.C. City Council and signed by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray that could give the city more budget freedom from congress, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 7, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. City Council Chairman, Phil Mendelson, called for the opening of the 42nd legislative meeting of the DC City Council period 19 after summer recess. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington, DC. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)