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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.
    Answer:

    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

  • Question:

    Do you support voluntary public funding of all federal elections to reduce the influence big money has on our democracy? You'd be able to spend more time serving your country and less time dialing for campaign contributions.

    Asked by: Matt Stempeck from Washington, DC. Received 18 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008 · Ethics · Money & Politics. Tags: 2008 · campaign finance · lobbyists · public funding.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)

    First of all, I’m opposed to public funding of political campaigns – first and foremost because most of the public is as well. It’s not a very popular system. Second, it doesn’t remove money from campaigns; it just removes it from candidates. And you see it spent through all sorts of special interest groups and organizations with every point of view. So I would much prefer that my tax dollars go to fund government, and that I contribute to candidates I support as opposed to a portion of the money that I pay to the government being diverted to people I may or may not support.

    Answered on Apr 18th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Why are so many lawmakers trying to designate so much land as “wilderness”?

    Asked by: Matt Laslo from Washington, DC. Received 7 Votes.
    Categories: Environment · Rural.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY)

    I can guarantee you the entire west does not look like Grand Teton National Park, and I think some of these Congressmen think the entire west looks like Grand Teton National Parks.

    Answered on Mar 13th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Should the federal government encourage utilities to build many more nuclear power plants?

    Asked by: PacificFish from Washington, DC. Received 12 Votes.
    Categories: Energy · Environment. Tags: nuclear power.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

    We know that many of those from whom we import oil are not our friends, so we should be able to have our own resources developed for our own energy, and one of those is nuclear power. It’s clean, it’s reliable and it’s abundant.

    Answered on Mar 13th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Should the federal government encourage utilities to build many more nuclear power plants?

    Asked by: PacificFish from Washington, DC. Received 12 Votes.
    Categories: Energy · Environment. Tags: nuclear power.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX)

    Nuclear power is part of the answer to meet our growing needs and the fact that we need to cut down on CO2 emissions.

    Answered on Mar 13th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Should the federal government encourage utilities to build many more nuclear power plants?

    Asked by: PacificFish from Washington, DC. Received 12 Votes.
    Categories: Energy · Environment. Tags: nuclear power.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)

    The technology is safe, the supply of energy is clean, and it will replace fossil fuel, which is sometimes dirty and pollutes the environment.

    Answered on Mar 13th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    When will you introduce and promote legislation to fix our thoroughly broken electoral system beginning with the elimination of the electoral college process? When will you advocate for real democracy in America?

    Asked by: Ruthe Swinson from Washington, DC. Received 8 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: campaigns. · politics.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

    I think it is democracy. We are a democratic republic. The way the system is set up provides a slight advantage a slight boost to smaller states. I don’t think they would ever vote to give them up. The smaller states would resist, correctly, because that is one of the commitments they were given when they entered the Union.

    Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    When will you introduce and promote legislation to fix our thoroughly broken electoral system beginning with the elimination of the electoral college process? When will you advocate for real democracy in America?

    Asked by: Ruthe Swinson from Washington, DC. Received 8 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: campaigns. · politics.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

    I think the electoral college has a good reason that its in place. Its to make sure every state has the ability to decide who are next representatives are, that it’s not just dominated by the most populated states.

    Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More

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