OK, somehow I had thought this had already been done

[winterbadger]

President Bush said yesterday that he will review a bill to give District residents full voting rights in the House, marking the first time he has spoken about a measure that local lawmakers are trying to win approval for over the next few weeks.

The bill, introduced six months ago, also would add a congressional seat for Utah. Proponents of D.C. voting rights have waged a major push to get the bill passed this year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110802407.html

Comments

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

that's bad. If a local doesn't know that DC still does not have a voting representative, how's the rest of the country supposed to be expected to know.

[principia.livejournal.com]

Why, no.

And now that the Democrats have both houses, it's not likely to see the light of day. You see, why should they have to kiss ass to the former majority by handing them an extra seat for no good reason?

Given the outcome on Constitutional Amendment 1, I'm about ready to see the Northern Virginia Regional Commission member entities join with DC and become the state of Columbia.

But maybe that's just me.