Will D.C. Vote Be Delayed?
It’s been 200 years and the people of the D.C., despite paying the same taxes as other citizens, have no real voice in Congress. Sure, they have an at-large representative in Eleanor Holmes Norton but, in that capacity, she does not have a vote.
Currently, there is an initiative to get House representation for D.C. but, there is a big hurdle, the White House. Yes, believe it or not, Bush is threatening to veto D.C. vote if it passes the House.
The argument against the vote is that, since D.C. is not a state, it should not get a vote. So, in other words, the mostly-black city of D.C. is to be considered in the same vein as U.S. territories like, for instance, Guam.
I say that if a person is a U.S. citizen and can pay U.S. taxes, they need to have a vote in Congress.
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