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Cherokee Nation waits to see if Congress will make good on a 200-year-old promise

Por: Politico Politics November 30, 2022

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Congress is considering whether to seat a delegate from the Cherokee Nation for the first time — a proposal nearly 200 years in the making. The non-voting delegate would be Kimberly Teehee, a former Obama administration adviser on Native American issues, who was appointed to the position in 2019. Non-voting members of Congress have no say on the final passage of bills, but they can speak on the House floor and introduce legislation. In 1835,... + full article



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