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Rep. Darrell Issa Proposes Hearing on D.C. Commuter Tax
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Washington Post (DC) |
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Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
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Ben Pershing |
The idea of a commuter tax in the District — long coveted by D.C. leaders and loathed by those in Maryland and Virginia — may have just gained an ounce of steam on Capitol Hill.
At the end of a subcommittee hearing Thursday on whether Congress should change the law restricting building heights in the District, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) turned to a surprised Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and suggested the idea deserved some attention.
“I think we should, after the election, start thinking about how we’re going to deal with the only place that doesn’t have the ability to tax people who earn their income in that place,” Issa said. . . .
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