I live and work in the District of Columbia and am in full support of this. Another option would be to stop requiring DC residents to pay Federal taxes. Taxation without representation is un-American.

It might be un-American (I don’t happen to think that is), but it is Constitutional.

Article 1, Section 2, Clause 1:

“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. "

I’m not against giving residents of DC a vote in Congress, but a law to do it is unconstitutional (DC is not a state, and therefore does not have a State Legislature). There are at least two of ways to do this while working inside the Constitution: 1) Amend the Constitution. 2) Cede the residential areas of DC into a State or States.

The southern half of D.C. was returned to the state of Virgina. Do the same with the northern half, except for a Federal Enclave, and return it to Maryland. Then this issue would go away.

I support the cession of most of the District back to Maryland, but first the state legislature of Maryland has to agree to it. The federal government cannot force a state to take new lands.
Once that bit is done, all that has to remain in the District is the Capitol and perhaps Congress’ office buildings, the White House, and the Supreme Court.
I do however, support HOUSE voting representation for every American citizen and an Electoral College voting representation equal to those Americans’ Congressional representation. I believe the citizens currently living in D.C. should be represented in the House regardless of whether it is a D.C. congressman or a Maryland congressman that does it, but the 3 electoral votes that the District controls should be reduced to that number of Congressmen, which as of the 2000 Census, should result in 1 voting member of the U.S. House and, thus, 1 electoral vote.

Just to clarify, I do realize that this law is unconstitutional and an Amendment is required in lieu of cession to Maryland.