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D.C. Voting Rights Push Faces Summer Doldrums

Photo by Michael Grass/ExpressTHE PUSH FOR D.C. VOTING RIGHTS might have to go on summer vacation. Just as groups like D.C. Vote and other advocates are lobbying senators to ensure that voting rights legislation that has passed the House and cleared two Senate committees can garner the 60 votes required to break a possible Senate filibuster — something that appears unlikely right now — time is working against their efforts.

As The Post's Mary Beth Sheridan reports, "the Senate's schedule is crowded with other matters before the August recess." The bill, which would expand the House by two seats, is a compromise between the two parties — one seat going to the Democratic-leaning District, the other to the Republican-leaning state of Utah.

» "D.C. Voting Rights Bill Introduced in Senate" [Free Ride/Express]
» "D.C. Vote Advocates Jack Up Pressure" [WaPo]
» "With Push for D.C. Vote, Why Utah?" [Free Ride/Express]

Photo by Michael Grass/Express

COMMENTS (1)

  • 1/3 representation is not constitutional. History shows that democracy only works in whole numbers. This bill is a total sham.

    By Nikolas Schiller , Posted June 27, 2007 12:39 PM
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