It is damned frustrating not to be represented in Congress.

Office of the First Congressional District of Nebraska
Formerly the Office of Representative Doug Bereuter

The Washington, D.C. office and the district offices of the Honorable Doug Bereuter will continue to serve the people of the First Congressional District of Nebraska under the supervision of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Representative Bereuter resigned effective close of business August 31, 2004.

See Press Release

The Interim Vacant Office Status:
By federal law and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the employees of the former Representative continue to staff the offices of the congressional district under the supervision of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. This interim vacant status continues until a new Representative is elected to fill the unexpired term. Currently, the congressional district does not have voting representation. Although the scope of the vacant congressional office is limited, constituents of the district are invited to contact this interim office for information and assistance as indicated below.

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And then, gee, I wonder if Fortenberry will give a shit.

The guy admits he was wrong in voting for the war, and then is too chickenshit to stand before the voters, and then leaves them unrepresented in Washington for four months.

The citizens of Washington, DC were given the right to vote for the president in (I think it was) 1968 at the same time the voting age was lowered to 18.

They are still not represented by anyone in the house or in the senate. (There is a non-voting representative in the house, but you can just imagine what clout she has. -- none.)

That is why the DC license tag has "Taxation without representation" written on it. They won't get representation anytime soon either because they voted 90% for Kerry. They are the blue-est area in the country.