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Article: Voting Advocates To Keep Fighting; White House's Constitutional Concerns Disputed
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- The Washington Post
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- March 18, 2007
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Advocates of a bill to give District residents a vote in the
House of Representatives said yesterday they were dismayed that the
White House opposes the measure but were determined to lobby
Congress to get it passed.
"Our supporters are disappointed in this White House where you
have a president who talks so much about voting rights abroad but
can't do it two blocks from the White House," said Ilir Zherka,
executive director of D.C. Vote, a nonprofit advocacy group. "The
White House opposition is just going to fire up our folks."
Alex Conant, a White House spokesman, said Friday that the Bush
administration opposes the bill because of constitutional concerns.
The Constitution states that ...