License Plates
In November 2000, the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles began issuing license plates bearing the slogan "Taxation without representation". President Bill Clinton had these plates placed on the presidential limousines; however President George W. Bush, in one of his first official acts as president, had the plates removed.
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