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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