Since 1801, residents of the District of Columbia have been denied the federal voting rights and full self-governance enjoyed by residents of the 50 states. The District’s 600,000 residents do not have full voting representation in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate and lack an autonomous local government.
While District residents pay more than $3.8 billion in federal income taxes annually, they have no input on how their tax dollars are spent. Without representation in Congress, they also lack a voice on important national issues such as declarations of war, treaties, health care or Presidential nominations.
The ultimate goal for the District of Columbia is to attain Statehood!!!!
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