D.C. Voting Rights May Be Attached to Defense Spending Bill

By Emily Yehle
Roll Call Staff

Oct. 16, 2009, 6:11 p.m.

House Democratic leaders are considering attaching the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act to the Defense spending bill, in an effort to bypass a months-long stalemate over giving D.C. residents a full House seat.

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