Posted on 04/20/2010 11:22:30 AM PDT by opentalk
The House has abandoned plans to take up legislation giving residents of the District of Columbia a vote in Congress that has been denied them for over two centuries.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he was "profoundly disappointed" that the House, which had planned to consider the voting rights bill this week, will probably not take it up this year.
The Maryland Democrat said a major problem was the linkage of the D.C. voting rights bill to a provision that would have effectively eliminated the District's tough gun control laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Denied? I suggest someone at NewsMax read the Constitution.
Violating the Constitution to get an extra Democrat vote in the House is one thing, but enforcing an enumerated right in the Constitution is too far! [/sarc]
this push seemed to be about more votes for Dems in 2010
True. This has been a political hot potato for years. And as you say it is not Constitutional.
Congress, by the Constitution should be ruling DC however they don’t want that power. By getting more reps they get more votes for their skewed agenda. Purely political.
Gun laws and D.C. representation have one thing in common: both are unconstitutional.
This is an AP story being run by NewsMax
Executive order on the way.
I hate going to DC and seeing their whiney “Taxation without Representation” motto on their license plates. Don’t like it? Move!
Watch for card check to be an exec order too.
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