{"id":1297,"date":"2009-02-25T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T22:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenvox.wpengine.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2019-05-01T23:28:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:28:36","slug":"time-for-the-senate-to-end-taxation-without-representation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/time-for-the-senate-to-end-taxation-without-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for the Senate to end taxation without representation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The irony for the District of Columbia’s nearly 600,000 residents is that while they may be living in the capital of the free world, they don’t have a say when it comes to the laws that Congress passes<\/a>. Unlike other American citizens across the country, D.C. residents pay taxes but don’t get to elect anyone to represent them in Congress.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Senate will weigh in tomorrow on a bill that would give D.C. residents a full member in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n

Similar legislation is moving through the House. It’s time for the Senate to end D.C.’s taxation without representation. Steny Hoyer has a great historical perspective on the issue in the WaPo piece, “Time to Keep the Founders’ Promise in D.C.<\/a>“<\/p>\n

Of course, opponents of the D.C. Voting Rights bill will do what they can to stop it.<\/p>\n

The Senate should set partisan politics aside and give D.C. residents the right of representation. As Sen. 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