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Protesters say Boehner Meddling in DC Affairs
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Associated Press News Service (AP) |
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Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
D.C. voting rights advocates say House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nuhr) is violating his own small-government principles by meddling in local affairs.
About two dozen protesters held a tea party-style demonstration outside Boehner's Capitol Hill home Thursday morning. They wore colonial-style hats and chanted, "Don't tread on D.C."
House Republicans have proposed a spending resolution that would prohibit the city from using local funds for a needle exchange program and abortions for low-income women.
Ilir Zherka (ell-EER' ZAIR'-kuh), executive director of DC Vote, says Boehner shouldn't be telling city residents how to spend their money. D.C. lacks full voting rights in the House of Representatives.
Protest organizers say Boehner did not speak to them when he left his home.
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