Washington DC Council Delays Baseball Vote
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday delayed its first vote on a debt and tax-funded  baseball stadium proposal by two weeks so the council  chairwoman could consider an alternative.
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Like two teams before a big game, supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are preparing their lineups for tomorrow&#39;s showdown before the DC Council.
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The baseball deal approved by the DC Council yesterday significantly limits the penalties the District will face if construction of a stadium takes longer than expected.
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The vote is Tuesday - but it looks as though there will be no meeting between Major League Baseball and DC officials before the City Council&#39;s second vote on the stadium bill.
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Chairman Linda W. Cropp adds baseball to the agenda to Tuesday's D.C. Council meeting, clearing the way for a possible reconsideration of the private funding legislation.
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By Mike Hume As the Washington, DC City Council prepares to vote on the financing package for the proposed baseball stadium for the former Montreal Expos, the teamâs front office is facing the unenviable task of maintaining the daily off-season
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New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte's meeting with a congressional committee investigating drug use in baseball was postponed until Monday.
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The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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WASHINGTON The mayor of the nation&#39;s capital says his own political capital is on the line as the city council decides if baseball returns to Washington.
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If Major League Baseball and the District of Columbia Council fail to reach an agreement to keep the Nationals in Washington, baseball would be faced with the difficult question
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The District of Columbia's City Council narrowly approved today a modified plan to build a 41,000-seat baseball stadium for the Nationals, the former Montreal Expos.
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Baseball&#39;s plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted Tuesday night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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A deeply divided DC City Council today voted initial approval of a bill to publicly finance a new baseball stadium - but without a majority of the council&#39;s support.
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The congressional hearing featuring embattled pitcher Roger Clemens has been postponed from Wednesday until Feb. 13 to allow time for depositions.
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Major league baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport's executive council.
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NEW YORK - Major League Baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport&#39;s executive council.
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WASHINGTON - DC Council Chair Linda Cropp isn&#39;t shaken by Major League Baseball calling the DC Council&#39;s measure requiring 50 percent private financing for a new stadium &quot;wholly unacceptable.