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Article: A 'Palpable Injustice'; The Republican Party blocks voting rights for the District of Columbia.
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 19, 2007
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THE U.S. SENATE had a chance yesterday to make history. It chose
instead to add another unconscionable chapter to that well-worn
volume that could be titled "The Second-Class Status of the People
of the District of Columbia." A few Republicans showed enough
gumption to vote for principle and against party interest. Most
Republicans, led by their leaders and egged on by President Bush --
who talks about democracy from Burma to Zimbabwe but not for his own
neighbors -- did the reverse.
That a bid to bring D.C. voting rights legislation to the floor
failed by a mere three votes is both heartbreaking and infuriating.
What's most upsetting is that the vote was a refusal even to
consider a ...