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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009The vote scheduled for today in the U.S. House has been delayed. The supporters of the bill are looking to find a way to pass legislation that does not have the gun provision that was added to the Senate bill when it passed last week.
Supporters Push to Save D.C. Vote Bill in U.S. House
Washington Post, [...]
Video From Yesterday’s Vote
Friday, February 27th, 2009Senator Lieberman, Delegate Norton and Mayor Fenty talk about the historic vote in the Senate to DC a vote in the House. Courtesy of the Washington Post.
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Senate Passes Bill Giving DC a Vote
Thursday, February 26th, 2009The bill to give DC a vote in the House passed by a vote of 61-37 vote – the first time in 31 years that the Senate had approved a D.C. voting-rights bill. On the House next week. Take action for this bill at http://www.freeandequaldc.com
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Senate Passes Bill Giving the District a House Vote
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022601678.html
Our Statehood Signs on MSNBC
Monday, January 19th, 2009Tip of the hat to Nikolas Schiller for sending this along. The statehood signs the Statehood Delegation Fund printed up are getting attention, and we got some airtime on MSNBC because of them. The photo below shows someone in the background holding up the sign, and Nikolas himself was interviewed on MSNBC about the issue. [...]
My Swearing-In Speech
Friday, January 16th, 2009A few people have told me I gave a good speech after seeing it on local cable, and have asked me to post it online.
In my address I wanted to lay out the path ahead of us in regards to DC Statehood and the DC Voting Rights – goals which are not mutually exclusive. I [...]
