One ‘step’ at a time toward voting rights

Published May 20, 2006 4:00am ET



The next battle to bring the District a vote in Congress will take place in the House Judiciary Committee, if the panel’s chairman is even willing to consider the bill.

The Government Reform Committee on Thursday voted 29-4 to pass legislation, co-introduced by Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., and District Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D, that would deliver one vote to D.C. and another to Utah, permanently expanding the House by two seats. The committee also rejected Norton’s proposal to give the city full voting rights in the House and Senate.

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