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District of Columbia Will Not Get Voting Rights This Year
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said a deal aimed at giving the District of Columbia congressional voting rights has fallen through and will not be worked out before the end of the year. As late as Monday, Hoyer and other congressional leaders had planned to move a bill to the House floor that would give the District of Columbia a vote in Congress. The district is currently represented by a "delegate," rather than a full-fledged member of Congress, who cannot vote on bills in the chamber. Democrats had agreed to Republican demands for another congressional seat in Utah, which would ...
Obama: Washington D.C. Deserves Full Voting Member of U.S. House
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyOn the anniversary of the day Abraham Lincoln freed slaves living in the nation's capital, President Obama called on Congress to grant a full vote to the Washington, D.C., "delegate" in the House of Representatives. That delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, was part of planned events Friday in Washington honoring what is known as "D.C. Emancipation Day." Obama said he was proud that an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation -- issued by Lincoln nine months after the 1862 Washington document -- now hangs in the Oval Office. The issue of D.C. Statehood -- or alternatively of adding members ...
First Day for Same Sex Marriage Licenses Under New D.C. Law
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyMore than 100 same-sex couples applied for marriage licenses in the nation's capital on Wednesday as the District of Columbia officially joined five states in allowing gay mariage. Many of the couples lined up outside on a cold, rainy day waiting for the marriage bureau at the D.C. Superior Court to open on the first day of eligibility for same-sex applications under a new law. No marriages can be performed until Tuesday at the earliest as it takes three days to process the paperwork, the Washington Post reported. Couples exchanged hugs and cupcakes and many headed off to work after filling ...
D.C. Council Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill 11-2
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe D.C. City Council has approved a bill granting same-sex couples the right to marry in the District. The legislation found overwhelming support on the 13-member council on Tuesday, with only council members Marion Barry and Yvette Alexander voting against it. The council must take a second vote before the measure can be sent to Mayor Adrian Fenty, who has indicated he will sign it. "Today's vote is an important victory not only for the gay and lesbian community but for everyone who supports equal rights," said David Catania, the bill's author and primary sponsor. "Gays and lesbians bear ...
No, the Church Is Not Threatening to Abandon the Poor over Gay Rights
By David Gibson - Politics DailyHeadlines proclaiming the Roman Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., will walk away from its social service obligations if the City Council forces it to provide benefits to same-sex couples seem to have a clear storyline: The Catholic Church would sacrifice the poor on the altar of its opposition to homosexuality. But as is often the case, the reality is a good deal more complex. Certainly, anyone can raise legitimate questions of justice over the refusal of the Archdiocese of Washington to provide benefits to same-sex couples. Many would see it as a matter of principle that the church do ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton Cites Obama's Safety in Call for Gun-Free Zone
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyDel. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) called on the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service to create a perimeter around President Obama, wherever he is, in which all guns are banned.The restriction would conflict with the "open carry" laws of several states, including Virginia, New Hampshire and Arizona. Norton does not have a vote in Congress but serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. ...
Rhee to Politics Daily: Weingarten Lied
By Linda Kulman - Politics DailyArguably the most controversial official in Washington these days is not in the White House or on Capitol Hill. It's Michelle Rhee, 39, who was brought in nearly two years ago by Mayor Adrian Fenty to turn around the District's perennially failing public schools. The seventh chancellor in 10 years, Rhee moved quickly -- much too quickly for some -- to shrink a bureaucracy stuffed with patronage jobs and get rid of what she considered the system's weakest links. ...
DC One Step Closer to Representation
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyUPDATE: The Senate has passed the DC voting rights bill 61-37. Next up is the House where it is expected to pass handily. (h/t Howard Kurtz via Twitter)A crucial vote to hear arguments in the US Senate this week paves the way for the District of Columbia to achieve representation by appointing one new seat in the House of Representatives. Despite considerable opposition by key Republican Senators, including John McCain (R-AZ) and John Ensign (R-NV), the Senate voted on Tuesday to hear the bill 62-34. Eight Republicans voted with the Democratic majority while two Democrats voted no. The ...
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