In a news conference that featured Native American, civil rights and religious leaders, Sen. Maria Cantwell took aim at the NFL's pocketbook by announcing she will introduce a bill to strip the league's tax-exempt status because it has not taken action over the Redskins name. ''The NFL needs to join the rest of America in the 21st Century,'' said Cantwell, D-Wash., the former chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. ''We can no longer tolerate this attitude toward Native Americans. This is about right and wrong.'' Overall, the message from the ''Change the Mascot'' leaders was that they don't plan to go away, despite Redskins owner Dan Snyder's vow not to change the name.
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