The senate maybe letting s.160 back to be argued. This is the bill to let the District of Columbia to have actual voting rights in the US house of representatives. The District right now only has a non voting seat. This makes many people in D.C. uneasy. Having recently traveled there I was able to hear the civic unrest about the topic. The Washingtonians are very passionate about the issue and in my opinion it needs to be put up to at least some discussion.
Do you think the Washingtonians have the constitutional right to have a voting seat?
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It makes no sense that this would not even be discussed by Congressional leaders given the amount of people that live in the DC area. If DC was given a House voting seat or seats, would a discussion of DC's right to have Senators begin as well. Although it does not make sense that so many constituents of America are left without a voice in the House, granting them one or some could lead to a domino effect of state's rights arguments on behalf of the District of Columbia.
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