Issue Position: Norton Secures D.C. Stimulus Funding, Outdoing Seven States

Issue Position

The District survived the deep recession in no small part because of the $1 billion in the stimulus bill Norton secured for the city, more money than seven states received. Norton tracked funding to ensure that D.C. was treated as a state in every category of federal funding. In addition, among the many stimulus benefits to residents were valuable federal tax credits, including the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit, modeled after Norton's $5,000 D.C. homebuyer tax credit, and a $2,500 tax credit for college tuition and related expenses.

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