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Home Front: Politix
D.C. Delegate Norton: Mention D.C. voting rights in State of the Union address
2010-12-31
Summary: D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) wants the President to reiterate his support for D.C. voting rights in the House during his State of the Union address. Norton wrote a letter to Obama last Thursday. She wrote a similar letter to Obama in January 2010.

Obama didn't mention it in his 2010 speech. He didn't mention it back during the 2009 one, either.
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#7  Taxation Without Representation Intelligence

(please permit me a New Year's eve modification to the District's detestable car tag slogan)
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-12-31 19:17  

#6  Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is an poster-argument against State representation for DC
Posted by: Frank G   2010-12-31 13:59  

#5  There is a reason the Founding Fathers didn't let DC have representation. Government should not be allowed to vote for more government. If they want representation, they can claim a "resident" state and vote in that state's election. Otherwise sod off.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-12-31 13:56  

#4  Exactly, mojo. All Delegate Norton needs to do is to convince Congress and three fourths of states to amend the Constitution so that D.C. could become a state.

I think Dr. Steve's idea would be easier - Virginia took back its part of the District. Maryland could do the same.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2010-12-31 12:25  

#3  "Which part of NOT A STATE was unclear, people?"
Posted by: mojo   2010-12-31 12:04  

#2  Separate the Mall area from the rest of the District. Return everything except the Mall area to Maryland. The people who live in Anacosta and Georgetown then can vote for two senators and whatever representatives that their area can support. Keep the Mall area as the federal district, and forbid permanent residence within it.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-12-31 11:26  

#1  People could just move out of DC if they don't like it. No one forces them to live there.
Posted by: eLarson   2010-12-31 10:52  

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