A Proposal to Win the District of Columbia a Partial Vote in the House of Representatives

Authors

Mary M. Cheh

Abstract

Unlike many citizens of the United States, citizens of the District of Columbia are denied a vote in the national legislature. Not only are they denied a voting representative on matters of national scope and importance, but Congress may control all facets of local governance for the 700,000 residents of the District. This paper suggests a new initiative. It calls for the D.C. Council, under its "Home Rule" authority granted by Congress, to amend a federal law, "The District of Columbia Delegate Act," ("Delgate Act") and give the District's delegate to the House of Representatives the authority to vote in that chamber but exclusively on issues that apply to the District ("The Voting Proposal").

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Recommended Citation

Mary M. Cheh, A Proposal to Win the District of Columbia a Partial Vote in the House of Representatives, 21 U.D.C. L. Rev. 1 (2020).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.udc.edu/udclr/vol21/iss2/2