Subject: Afternoon Buzz: D.C. lawmakers vote to defy Congress on billions, but will anyone notice?
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D.C. LAWMAKERS VOTE TO DEFY CONGRESS ON BILLIONS, BUT WILL ANYONE NOTICE? 
Aaron C. Davis
District lawmakers defied Congress on Wednesday, voting to appropriate over $7 billion in local tax money themselves instead of waiting for Congress to approve the spending as they have for decades through the federal budget process.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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IN VIRGINIA, THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT BATTLES BACK — FOR THE WHITE HOUSE 
Rachel Weiner
Fearful that a disorderly state party in Virginia could cost them the White House next year, national Republicans have stepped in to try ending a long and bitter civil war between conservative activists and the establishment. Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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FAIRFAX PROSECUTORS SUMMON WITNESSES IN JOHN GEER POLICE SHOOTING 
Tom Jackman
A special grand jury to investigate the Fairfax County police shooting of an unarmed man nearly two years ago has now been empaneled and prosecutors have begun summoning witnesses to testify in the case beginning next month, witnesses and the Fairfax prosecutor said Wednesday.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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METRO RIDERS COMPLAIN, AND WIN ONE 
Robert Thomson
With all of the problems Metro faces lately, I almost never get the chance to say this: The system worked.The transit system’s leaders still are engaged in several weighty and prolonged debates, but they did manage to resolve one kerfuffle in favor of the riders: paper or plastic?Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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AS CONGRESS DEBATES NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: WHO SHOULD DECIDE WHICH SCHOOLS ARE FAILING KIDS? 
Emma Brown
From Rand Paul on the right to Elizabeth Warren on the left, members of the Senate education committee pushed aside their policy disagreements earlier this spring when they voted unanimously in favor of a bipartisan revision to the widely reviled No Child Left Behind law.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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UPPER MARLBORO MAN CHARGED AFTER POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING 
Lynh Bui
Prince George’s County police have charged an Upper Marlboro man wounded during an officer-involved shooting outside a bank in the area Tuesday.Police identified Clyde Peterson, 44, on Wednesday as one of two suspects spotted in a black Ford Mustang that had been reported stolen in Baltimore the night before Tuesday’s shooting. Peterson was charged with felony theft and gun-related charges, police said. Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR SO FAR START THURSDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 
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