D.C.’s Congressional delegate has asked future House Republican leadership to allow her to keep the minimal vote she has had under Democratic rule.
Eleanor Holmes Norton can’t vote on the House floor, but she can vote in the Committee of the Whole, where all money bills are introduced when the entire House comes together as committee.
Previous Republican led Congresses have previously denied Norton that vote.
On Monday, Norton sent a letter to presumptive Speaker John Boehner to allow her to keep the committee vote.
“The opportunity to vote in committees, now including the Committee of the Whole, is significant to the American citizens who live in the nation’s capital and pay full federal taxes annually to support our federal government,” Norton wrote. She added that the District differs from territories because its residents are required to pay federal taxes, but still have no vote in Congress.
A Boehner spokesman told The Washington Post that the Ohio Republican has yet to make a decision on the issue.
