Let’s say you’re from Texas. How much would you like someone from Massachusetts to be entirely in charge of your county? Or vice versa?
Please people, write to your representatives telling them to give DC the vote.
Sure it’s highly unconstitutional, but looky here:
D.C. Voting Rights Bill Clears Senate Hurdle, 62-34
Can’t wait for it to go to the supreme court and get rejected. Maybe then there will be enough momentum to go all the way and just amend the damn constitution. The bill as-is only gives us a voting member of the house and EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS senate representation. An amendment would fix the thing once and for all… the wording around the part in question has always been ridiculous but then again it comes from the same people who thought up the whole “3/5″ of a vote thing.
And no, becoming part of Maryland is not an option. And no, we’re not too small to be a state. We are as populous as Wyoming and almost as populous as Alaska (which, by the way, gets more federal money than anybody), only in 10 square miles. Seriously, please be quiet.
For some more information on this:
Wikipedia entry on DC Statehood
Thanks for listening. By the way, Eleanor Holmes Norton is hilarious.