U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D - MD)

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    Why doesn't the District of Columbia have "lawmakers" as defined on this website? I ask all the "lawmakers" and candidates if they support the bill that just barely missed being passed in this session to permit DC's delegate to vote in the House.

    Asked by: STS from Washington, DC. Received 1 Vote.
    Categories: Civil Liberties. Tags: taxation without representation.
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    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)

    I have always been for voting rights for the DC delegate. As a matter of fact, if it were up to me, there would be the appropriate numbers of members of the House and two Senators. There are states that are smaller than the District and have that kind of representation. A lot of excuses have been made for why we can’t do it or should not do it. Some of them based on the Constitution. Others, I think based on the fear that if we were to have, say, two democratic Senators and a democratic House member, they would be in fact Democrats, as opposed to Republicans.

    Answered on May 21st, 2008 More

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