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April 12, 2011

Washington D.C. Mayor Arrested After Protesting Budget Proposal 
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Politicians in the District of Columbia are infuriated over several
provisions of the budget bill, including one that would ban federal and
local funding for abortion. On Monday, Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent
Gray and members of the D.C. Council were arrested at a protest rally on
Capitol Hill.

Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray: “I am like Fannie Lou Hamer at
this stage. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I hope you
are sick and tired. Are you sick and tired? I am tired of being a pawn
in a political game. You know, last time I looked we pay our taxes just
like anybody else does, $3.6 billion in federal taxes.”



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