The
full House of Representatives is set to vote on the
District of Columbia Voting Rights Act the week of March
19. Please contact your Members of Congress immediately
and urge them to vote for the legislation to provide a
vote in the House for the citizens of our nation’s
capital.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the
Committee on the Judiciary both approved the DC Voting
Rights Act the week of March 12, clearing the way for
historic action in the full House of Representatives.
Passage of this legislation will be another step in the
long struggle for full voting rights for every citizen
in our nation.
Keep
the momentum going! Please contact your Representative
now and urge her or him to vote for the DC Voting Rights
Act of 2007.
Citizens of the District of Columbia pay U.S. taxes,
fight and die for the U.S. during wartime, and are
governed by the laws that Congress passes. And yet they
have no voting representation in Congress. They have
only a non-voting delegate in the House of
Representatives.
The “District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act,”
sponsored by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D DC) and
Representative Tom Davis (R VA), would right this wrong.
The legislation provides voting representation in the
House for DC citizens by increasing the size of the
House by two seats – one for DC and the other for the
state of Utah, which is entitled to the next seat by
size of population. This balanced approach provides
voting rights for District citizens without upsetting
the partisan balance of the House.
Americans living in the nation’s capital deserve to have
voting representation in the body that makes their laws,
taxes them and can call them to war. Only Congress can
ensure that the democracy Americans have espoused and
fought for across the globe becomes a reality in the
nation’s capital.
Take
action today to support DC voting rights!
A basic principle of
democracy is at stake. Your Representative needs to hear
from you today! Please urge your Representative to
support the DC Voting Rights Act.
TAKE ACTION
1. Contact
your Representative now, by phone and by email, and urge
her/him to vote for the bipartisan DC Voting Rights Act.
Tell your Representative that the legislation is an
important step in the long struggle for full voting
rights for every citizen in our nation.
Phone calls are helpful and can be made through the
Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 or
202-225-3121.
Click here to enter your zip code and send an instant
message to your Representative now!
2.
Send this alert to other concerned citizens — your
grassroots network, your friends and coworkers.
Encourage them to contact their Representative today!
Click
here for more information about DC voting rights.
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Action Alert #110-2, DC Rights, House, GLC, 3/16/07
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