U.S. Congress - S.160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
S.160 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. view all titles (5)
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- Official: A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. as introduced.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as reported to senate.
- Short: Second Amendment Enforcement Act as passed senate.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as passed senate.
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Add to that the right of Congress to overrule any law passed by the City Council and impose any law on the city that they see fit, the whole situation is no better than one would get in a totalitarian regime. We get Congress taking cheap shots at the city for political gain (blocking gun laws, budgets, drug policy, education, etc.) just to be able to tell constituents back home that they’re ‘tough’ on these various issues without having to actually make hard decisions that would impact their constituents.
DC wasn’t even allowed to have a mayor until the 1960’s.
I do enjoy having ‘Taxation Without Representation’ on the license plates.
Taxation without representation. Give ’em a VOTE! It is inconceivable that the Framers of the Constitution originally intended to disenfranchise taxpayers. One more representative in Congress will suffice.
Now of course the other option that’s been thrown around for years now is to exempt DC taxpayers from the federal income tax… That would solve the taxation without representation problem…
Though it would just fill up with corporate raiders and investment bankers who owned vacant (and increasingly derelict) property to claim residence. (though that would greatly increase the city income tax takings)
But amusing to consider, perhaps.
The main problem for me remains Congress meddling in DC local affairs.
my friend this bill is clearly unconstitutional,theres no way the District of columbial to have a representaion in the house. Its not a STATE, it wasn’t build for that purpose. On the other hand utah is a state they may be overpopulated and may need representation for one mor district.
This should be an amendment, until it is an amendment to the constitution I will not support this. They must go the the proper process to inact this policy I will not support any bill that is allowing them to overstep their boundries clearly defined by the U.S. constitution.
For the sake of Constitutional law which unfortunately has been violated quite a lot recently, I have to agree with you on every count.
Come on Joe, I thought you knew better than to propose something like this. I am truley disappointed in you.
Washington D.C. is not a state, nor shall it ever be. It was established as a territory for the states to conduct government. This means they have no right to a seat in government. And some may think I’m sporting an elite statist mentality. But the constitution is quite clear. I am sorry for those who live in D.C. and feel left out of the process of government. Move to a STATE.
This is a clear breach of the Constitution. DC is not one of the “several States,” nor will it ever be. I cannot understand why the non-voting representative from DC can introduce a bill, nor how the Senate would pass this version.
So what is next? Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas, Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands?