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Jan 29, 2009
National Mall Money Stripped From Stimulus
The Post says that funding for a $200 million renovation of the National Mall was removed from President Obama’s stimulus package Tuesday night during a House Rules Committee session. The move is a blow to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and to groups like the National Coalition to Save Our Mall, who have been pushing hard for Mall repairs for the last several years. Mall advocates had been hoping the national spotlight on the Mall…