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H.R. 5388, The District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006 (4 comments ↓)
- This item is from the 109th Congress (2005-2006) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
H.R. 5388 would expand the number of Members in the House of Representatives from 435 to 437 beginning with the 110th Congress (i.e, in 2007). The legislation would provide the District of Columbia with one Representative and add one new at-large Member. Under H.R. 5388, the new at-large seat would initially be assigned to the state of Utah and then would be reallocated based on the next Congressional apportionment based on the 2010 census.
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Elephant in the ROOM
July 17, 2006, 1:24pm (report abuse)This would expand the Democrat votes in Congrss, thats the last trhing we need.
Tom
August 12, 2006, 7:03pm (report abuse)If enacted, H.R. 5388 would be unconstitutional. Congress does not have the power to create congressional districts. States have congressional districts because that is one of the properties of a state. D.C. is not a state so D.C. does not have congressional representation.
Conservative
September 11, 2006, 12:38pm (report abuse)No Taxation Without Representation is one of our founding principles. The conservative thing to do would be to stick with that principle and give that vote to DC.
Martin
October 10, 2006, 6:04am (report abuse)This bill would be fair to both parties, adding one Republican (Utah) and one Democrat (DC) to the House of Representatives.