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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010“This deal is getting worse all the time!” – Lando Carlissan, Empire Strikes Back
In case you haven’t heard, the DC Voting Rights bill was pulled today by Delegate Norton. There was talk last week of a compromise on the gun amendment issue, but it looks like the NRA wanted too much from the District when [...]
Statement by President on DC Voting Rights
Friday, April 16th, 2010This is a bit late in my opinion, but nevertheless appreciated! Nice timing with our lobby day as well. I’d also like to thank Jim Vance at NBC-4 for putting the bug in Michelle Obama’s ear. Here’s the full statement:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2010
Statement by the President
On this [...]
DC Voting Rights Act on House Floor Next Week
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Looks like we’re back in business! The Washington Post is reporting that the DC Voting Rights Act could come to a vote on the House floor as “early as” next week.
According to the article:
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city’s non-voting House member, said she is still negotiating to try to weaken the gun amendment, [...]
On the Passing of Former U.S. “Shadow” Representative Ray Browne
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Raymond Browne, who served as the District of Columbia’s U.S. Shadow Representative from 2001-2007, passed away this weekend at the age of 71. My heartfelt condolences go out to his wife, Barbara, and the rest of the Browne family.
Representative Browne was a tireless activist on behalf of winning congressional representation for the District, and his [...]
DC Voting Rights & the State of the Union
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010DC Vote has been making an aggressive push to get President Obama to address the lack of representation in Congress for the District of Columbia during his State of the Union address. They recently dropped off 41,000 petitions to be delivered to the White House at a Capitol Hill post office. It was a lot [...]
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