DC Likely to Gain Voting Member of Congress

Eleanor Holmes Norton's schedule is likely going to become a lot more crowded in the next year.

With Barack Obama's election, along with Democratic gains in the Senate, Norton -- the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives -- is poised to become a full-fledged Representative, giving DC a voting member of Congress for the first time in the nation's history.

Senate Democrats have added at least seven members to their caucus this year, with two races yet to be decided. While a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority remains elusive, the gains should be enough to move forward a DC voting-rights bill, among other measures that are supported by moderate Republicans, the Washington Post notes Monday.

Under a measure that passed the House by a wide margin last year, Norton would receive a vote in the House on behalf of the District's nearly 600,000 residents. The bill also would give Utah an additional House member, bringing the total in the House to 437.

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one more fukin Mormon

they know they will gain another Republican, Church marching sheep for their state. I live in Utah. I know there is no such thing as separation of Church and State. The Church reviews the bills before final vote by the Legislature. Since the majority of the representatives are Mormon this probably doesn't put a great burden on the Church. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have a direct hand in the authoring of the bill.

by a matter of a few thousand people.

Also, it is nearly as reliably repuke as DC is Dem, so this idea was floated as a politically palatable compromise, i.e., each party gets one of the new seats.

Virginia is a Commonwealth. Why can't a District have a vote?

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14th Amendment, US Constitution, Sec. 2.

Viriginia is both a commonwealth and a US State.

Representation's a good thing, and I'm not about to oppose it because it might lead to someone I dislike being elected. That's their game.

Americans have no representation.