Mary Cheh

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Council member Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat, said the residents' claims are flat-out wrong. "From the beginning, nearby residents who oppose the Idaho Avenue shelter have claimed that the ANC had to approve the legislation the council voted on. However, this misunderstands the process," she said. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council Member Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat and chairwoman of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, said the different look to the city's "limited-purpose license" does not seem to have discourage applicants. (The Washington Times)

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Councilmembers Vincent Orange (D-At Large), left, Muriel Boswer (D-Ward 4), second from left, Jack Evans (Ward 1), second from right, and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), right, gather in the Council Chambers before a Committee of the Whole Meeting at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Councilmembers Vincent Orange (D-At Large), second from left, Muriel Boswer (D-Ward 4), center, and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) gather in the Council Chambers before a Committee of the Whole Meeting at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. City Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3), center, greets people as she walks in the Palisades July 4th Parade, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C Counci member and chairman pro tempore Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), right, council members Michael A. Brown (D-At Large), second from right, and newly elected Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), left, leave a private meeting at the Wilson Building as Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (D) is charged with one felony count of bank fraud and is expected to resign his from the council, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C Councilmember and chairman pro tempore Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), goes into D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown's offices as he is charged with one felony count of bank fraud, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (second from left) chats with council member Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat, as other lawmakers arrive for a meeting at the John A. Wilson Building in Washington on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, to discuss and vote on the fiscal 2013 budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (Ward 3) holds up a bumper sticker she was given following her ride in Google's new self-driving Toyota Prius during a demonstration on New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray (left) and D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (right) head to vehicles outside the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord, N.H., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, a constitutional scholar, refers to a copy of the U.S. Constitution while advocating for D.C. statehood in front of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Committee on State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs at the New Hampshire Statehouse. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray (second from left) and D.C. Council member Mary Cheh talk beside D.C. Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka (right) at the New Hampshire Statehouse before delivering testimony to New Hampshire representatives to advocate for D.C. statehood. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (left) chats with council member Mary Cheh, as members of the council arrive for a closed meeting to discuss personnel matters in the wake of the FBI-IRS raid at the home of council member Harry Thomas, Jr. at the Wilson Building (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (center) hands out copies of the U.S. Constitution to spectators along MacArthur Boulevard Northwest during the annual Palisades July Fourth parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)