If anyone happens to read this entry this morning (Tuesday), please consider dropping a note to your favorite Senator about DC representation. Yes, DC is majority Democrat. So for half of you, you should desperately want DC reprensentation. For the other half, DC is not void of Republicans (10%!) and the way the bill is structured Utah would also get an additional representative which will surely be a Republican. The proposed bill should be party-neutral.
DC Vote has a helpful website if you'd like to use their tool to send an email about
DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 1257). Click on the Act Now link. The motion coming up on the Senate floor TODAY would merely clear the way for lawmakers to consider the bill.
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good luck with that..it will be an interesting vote. I did email my Senators.
sorry, failed in the SEnate. bummer
Man, I didn't get to tell them. I didn't know that D.C. didn't have representation.
Bummer indeed! And one of the suprising no votes was Senator Max Baucus (per WashPost) who I just met and whose protective gear I helped carry. That's the end of my being nice to him!
lol!!
Wouldn't have mattered anyway - Any law passed would be struck down as unconstitutional anyway.
It would not be unconstitutional, as it would be a constitutional amendment. It would need to be ratified by the 50 states. It previously passed in 1978, but was not ratified by the states in time -- by 1985, so the law expired. This would have the same requirements, so would be VERY difficult -- but the Congressional passage is just the start, and its sad that politics is what stopped the process.
oh sorry..that was a previous version of the bill. You are right, this one could be subject to a Constitutional challenge.
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