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Democracy for D.C.: Allow Statehood, Not ‘Voting Rights’

By Scott McLarty
Special to Roll Call
Jan. 25, 2007, Midnight

Many advocates of voting rights for the District of Columbia are disappointed that Democrats haven’t moved faster on a bill that Virginia Rep. Tom Davis (R) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) have proposed to grant Washington a vote in the House.

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