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Jazz Hall Funding Hits Discordant Note

KCUR
Published May 13, 2009 at 4:21 PM CDT
Congressman Cleaver on stage at Musicians Foundation Hall.
kcur photo by dan verbeck
Congressman Cleaver on stage at Musicians Foundation Hall.

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Kansas City, Mo. – Kansas City Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver brought confirmation of federal program money to the foundation for jazz musicians and ended by defending his belief in what critics call government waste. KCUR's Dan Verbeck reports.
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