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Vendaval -> "Washington, after 200 years, may get vote in Congress" (4/16/2007 2:18:40 AM)
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"Washington, after 200 years, may get vote in Congress"
By Stuart Grudgings
Sun Apr 15, 3:22 PM ET
" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has taken a little over 200 years, but Washingtonians finally sense that their quirky status as citizens without voting representation in the U.S. Congress might just be coming to an end.
The self-styled "capital of the free world" has been a democratic black spot for the United States -- drawing sharp criticism from rights groups and even the United Nations.
Residents of the District of Columbia, which is not legally a state, have had to fight for the limited voting rights they have since Congress relocated here from Philadelphia in 1800.
It took until 1961 to gain the right to vote in presidential elections, and they still have no full-fledged member of Congress -- either in the House of Representatives or the Senate -- despite having to pay federal taxes like everyone else. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070415/us_nm/usa_washington_rights_dc;_ylt=Al0qdPScN6VOslackH55Ym1H2ocA
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