| American Conservative Union 2007 House Scorecard description
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The House passed legislation increasing the size of the House of Representatives to 437, giving a seat to the District of Columbia and an additional seat to Utah. ACU opposed this bill.
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| American Conservative Union 2007 House Scorecard position
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Nay +
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| American Conservative Union 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.acuratings.org/ +
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard description
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Passage of a bill to increase permanently … Passage of a bill to increase permanently the membership of the House of Representatives to 437 by granting a seat to the District of Columbia and an additional seat to Utah. The new members would be chosen in special elections. The bill also would add one seat to the Electoral College for Utah, for a total of 539 votes. A “non-severability clause” provides that, if any provision of the bill is invalidated by a court, the entire bill would be invalid. a court, the entire bill would be invalid.
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard position
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Aye +
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.adaction.org/pages/publications/voting-records.php +
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| Bill of vote
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District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 +
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| Chamber
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111th United States Congress +
, U.S. Senate +
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| Congress number
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110th +
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| Congressnumber
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110 +
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| Modification date
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard description
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Limit debate on a proposal giving the District of Columbia a voting member of the House. September 18. (57-42; 60 votes required to invoke cloture)
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard position
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Nay +
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard source
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Http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/senate votes.htm +
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| Roll call number
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231 +
, 339 +
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| Scorecard vote
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American Conservative Union 2007 House Scorecard +
, Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard +
, National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard +
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| Session number
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1 +
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| Categories |
Elections and Government Policy (U.S.) +
, U.S. legislation +
, Record votes +
, Congresspedia +
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District of Columbia Fair and Equal Voting Rights Act of 2007
