MDixon wrote: Bob Hebert doesn't bother to tell us what the Constitution says about Washington D.C. having elected representatives and Senators.
DS responds: What the Constitution says in Sec. 8 is that the Congress possesses power to legislate for the District of Columbia and what the size of this district should be limited to. Bob Herbert wrote that Congress failed to legislate (pass laws) for the people of DC to have their own elected Representatives in the House and also the right to vote. How do you feel about the fact that these people (mostly Black people) cannot vote except in presidential elections and yet they pay taxes to the U.S. government just like everybody else? Here is a quotation right from Sec. 8 of the US Constitution: Peace, DS "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And In a message dated 9/26/07 5:31:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Last week, the residents of Washington, D.C., with its > majority black population, came remarkably close to realizing a goal > they have sought for decades - a voting member of Congress to > represent them. > > A majority in Congress favored the move, and the House had > already approved it. But the Republican minority in the Senate - with > the enthusiastic support of President Bush - rose up on Tuesday and > said: "No way, baby."
