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D.C. Takes the Blame, but Members Get the Bill

By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
March 31, 2009, Midnight

The District of Columbia issued new tax bills totaling a combined $94,400 this week to four House Members, after city officials acknowledged they had inadvertently given the Members property tax breaks intended for city residents.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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