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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, but where is Bowser and her team and Eleanor Holmes Norton?  They should have been all over this.  The DC government at the top lever is literally better positioned than almost any stage or locality in the country to build relationships with hey members and committee staffs so that they are not caught so flat footed.  I get that DC doesn’t have senators, but at the same time DC and Norton could be a lot more proactive, effective and, well, competent.  Acting outraged and always playing the victim gets old after a while.  Norton in particular was last her prime over a decade ago and needs to retire.[/quote]

Yes, it’s a “both and” situation.

Bowser hasn’t been doing as much as other governors, notably Cuomo and Inslee.  But she’s been doing a heck of a lot more than other governors, like TX and MS.

And Norton is getting old, that’s true.  But if DC had two Senators PLUS a Rep, that would triple the voice DC had in Congress.

So both, and.  Do both.  More of both.[/quote]

Our tax dollars are funding “shadow senators” clowns like Paul Strauss and ridiculous commercials for DC statehood, when they should be funding a crackerjack congressional liaison team in the DC government.  They should be building working relationships all over the Hill, with members, staffers and including Republicans.  The Capitol is not far from the Wilson Building, people!  Instead, the mayor and council and their staffs as always reactive, not proactive.  Sure, the mayor and Norton can go before the cameras, act outraged about being “disrespected,” but what do they accomplish?[/quote]

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