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.
