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Obama pushes D.C. voting rights bill
The Washington Times ^ | 16 APRIL 2010 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 04/16/2010 7:57:00 PM PDT by rdb3

Obama pushes D.C. voting rights bill

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Friday to give the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress.

A bill to give the city just that is expected to be brought for a vote in the House next week. Many advocates for D.C. voting rights believe this year could be their last opportunity in a long time if Democrats lose their majority in Congress in the fall.

Obama made the push in a statement in honor of Emancipation Day, a D.C. holiday commemorating President Abraham Lincoln's freeing of the slaves in Washington, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. D.C. leaders have used the holiday as an occasion to push for full voting rights for the city.

"Americans from all walks of life are gathering in Washington today to remind members of Congress that although D.C. residents pay federal taxes and serve honorably in our armed services, they do not have a vote in Congress or full autonomy over local issues. And so I urge Congress to finally pass legislation that provides DC residents with voting representation and to take steps to improve the Home Rule Charter," Obama said.

The Senate passed a bill granting D.C. a vote more than a year ago, but senators added an amendment to repeal strict gun laws in the city. The bill had since stalled in the House.

The bill is still expected to include a version of that amendment.

Some D.C. leaders are critical of the plan, saying it's wrong to bargain away the weapons restrictions in exchange for a vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 0bama; 111th; agenda; bho44; dc; votingrights
Whereas D.C. is not a State, giving it a voting member of Congress would be unconstitutional.

Am I wrong?


1 posted on 04/16/2010 7:57:00 PM PDT by rdb3
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To: rdb3

and your point? Barry and the libs don’t give a flying you know what about the Constitution...An there gonna need all the votes they can get crooked or not come November.....


2 posted on 04/16/2010 7:58:49 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: rdb3

I was just going to ask the same thing. Then again, unconstitutional has not stopped them before now.


3 posted on 04/16/2010 7:59:20 PM PDT by Ingtar (Obama's favorite carol: Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me)
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To: rdb3

“Constitution? We don’ need no stinkin’ Constitution!”


4 posted on 04/16/2010 8:00:07 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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Easier solution, just make it illegal to actually live within the District of Columbia, government offices only, and politicians of course.
5 posted on 04/16/2010 8:01:33 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: rdb3

at the end of the civil war,

the virginia part of d.c. was returned to virginia.

the maryland part should go back to maryland.


6 posted on 04/16/2010 8:02:48 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: rdb3

It’s really funny how this guy still thinks of himself as some sort of expert on the US Constitution.

Um, Barry — or should I call you Obammie the Commie — if the people of DC want to vote for a congressional rep, then they need to move the hell out of DC.


7 posted on 04/16/2010 8:03:39 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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You are correct, and as far as the libs and senator Hatch are concerned, irrelevant.


8 posted on 04/16/2010 8:53:50 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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No DC is not a state.


9 posted on 04/16/2010 8:55:05 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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Barry's law degree was purchased for him. He hasn't a clue about the Constitution. He thinks we have 57 states. He's a sock puppet in the employ of foreign nationals with lots of money. Absent a teleprompter, he can hardly speak in complete sentences. Too bad we have some many spineless persons in the judiciary, executive and legislative branches. Nobody has the gumption to force him to produce his damn birth certificate. The Kenyan Parliament admits he was born in Kenya.
10 posted on 04/16/2010 9:02:03 PM PDT by Myrddin
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