DC Voting Rights: One Step Closer
Roll Call has this:
The House Government Reform Committee approved a bill to give the District of Columbia full voting representation in the House and add an at-large seat for the state of Utah. The bill — backed by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), the committee's chairman, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) — passed the panel by a vote of 29-4, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting in favor of the bill.I guess the big question is whether anyone wants to chair my exploratory committee.
posted by ZT @ 5/18/2006
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4 Comments:
Zach for America... sign me up.
So, wait, would this mean that there would be 539 electoral votes in the next presidential election, rather than 538? 437 in the house, 100 in the senate, and...two extras for DC? How would this work?
Oh shit. I guess that's the catch - it seems like an even trade in the House, but the Republicans get an extra safe EV in the presidential election. :(
pay me in delicious quesedillas and i'm so there.
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