More than 20% of District of Columbia residents work for the federal government, as do 12% of workers in Maryland and Virginia.

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Until now the U.S. government's relationship with the troubled District of Columbia had been a squabble over how large the federal subsidy should be.

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Now the District of Columbia's government must decide whether it will ask that a full panel of judges on the appellate court reconsider the case.

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The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in July that the elderly can indeed be treated outside of Medicare for procedures the government deems "unreasonable"--that is, procedures that the Medicare bureaucracy believes medically unnecessary, such as extra lab tests.

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This one, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, raises questions about how the government handles private digital data that is increasingly important in investigations.

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Meanwhile Congress' watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, examined the preparations in six states and the District of Columbia and concluded that despite challenges the seven governments have taken steps to create their insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, that they expect will be ready to begin enrolling customers by the Oct 1 startup date.

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What other tag can be applied to arguments that wages paid in Federal Reserve notes--currency--aren't income, that "United States" only refers to residents of the District of Columbia and territories like Puerto Rico and Guam, or that only Federal Government employees are liable for federal taxes?

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