Stevenson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics

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• observing that \the legislative history both at the time of enactment and afterwards ... points unmistakably to the Council's intent” in enacting the \5 percent” language of the CAA
• observing that \the legislative history both at the time of enactment and afterwards ... points unmistakably to the Council's intent\ in enacting the \5 percent\ language of the CAA
• reasoning that ambiguous language in the CAA must be read in a way that expresses the Council's intent and rejecting the \premise that the bill as enacted meant something different from the bill the Council intended\
• “[I]t is not without significance that Congress affirmatively approved the Charter Amendments Act after passage by the Council.”
• \[I]t is not without significance that Congress affirmatively approved the Charter Amendments Act after passage by the Council.\

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