With Obama, D.C. residents hope for a voice

Boston Globe by Michael Kranish | Dec. 31, 2008 (Special Report)

President-elect Barack Obama is an original cosponsor of the DC Voting Rights bill, which would turn the city's congressional delegate, who has limited power, into a full-fledged member of the US House. Full Story »

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Dec. 31, 2008

The author brings an abundance of reason's for and against statehood. Why Washington D.C. isn't represented is an injustice to the citizens who pay taxes but have no vote. Didn't we fight a war for that?

If the voting Rights Act isn't passed, wait a few years until a few of the older conservatives on the Supreme Court quit or die. Then it should be a "Slam Dunk"