Deal Said To Advance Vote for D.C. In Congress
Are those pigs that are flying out there in the distance? You be the judge! (Now if this were April 1st, then I’d be properly incredulous…)
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is teaming up with Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) to introduce a bill that would for the first time give the District a full vote in the House, a sign of bi-partisan cooperation that advocates of D.C. voting rights hailed as a breakthrough.
The legislation, which is to be unveiled at a news conference tomorrow, would expand the House from 435 seats to 437, giving a vote to the District’s delegate and an extra vote to Utah, the state next in line to enlarge its congressional delegation, according to the 2000 Census.
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