From The Washington Times
The Senate approved the D.C. Voting Rights Act on Thursday, though an amendment that would scale back the city’s tough anti-gun laws complicated its outlook.
The 61-37 vote cleared what has been the largest obstacle to at least a three-decade-long quest by D.C. residents to gain voting representation in Congress.
The bill would add two seats to the House of Representatives — one from the largely Democratic District and one from Republican-leaning Utah, increasing the number in the House for the first time since 1913.
Sounds like a good idea, right? Americans living in DC SHOULD have the right to representation!
THE PROBLEM? IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
In order to grant representation to the House or Senate to ANY part of the country, it requires an amendment to the CONSTITUTION….. not that a little thing like constitutional rights would interfere with the political process…..
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