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During a speech on the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed the U.S. funding for AIDS prevention programs in Africa.
The D.C. Council on Monday unanimously advanced $1 billon to meet the District's share of a new $3.6 billion Washington Commanders stadium complex at the RFK campus. But the stadium deal is far from done.
While Washington, D.C. remained the frontrunner for the deal, with support from the Commanders franchise and NFL executives, the exclusivity clause that kept its stately neighbors from making their bids expired Tuesday. Leaving the ball in anyone's court -- or field, if you will.
Chairman Phil Mendelson called the DC Council budget proposal, which calls for $1 billion in funding for the new football stadium, a fair compromise.
The Commanders also last month hired Ben Spiritos as director of development. Spiritos, who updated his LinkedIn profile with the new role, also had a stint at JBG as a development analyst between 2015 and 2019, according to his profile. He most recently worked as director of acquisitions at Atlas Capital Group.
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The study claims to have found several notable risks from uncertain maintenance to parking and the lack of a comprehensive safety plan.
The chair of a powerful committee in Congress is expecting swift action from the D.C. Council on a deal that would bring the team back to the nation’s capital. But one group is hoping for a delay.