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Article: GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES HISTORIC LEGISLATION ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOTING RIGHTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 18, 2006
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Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, R-Va. (11th CD), issued the following press release:
Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) is pleased to announce the historic approval by the Government Reform Committee of legislation to grant the District of Columbia a voting representative in the House of Representatives.
By a convincing 29 to 4 vote, the Committee approved H.R. 5388, "The District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006," legislation sponsored by Davis, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and two dozen additional Members of Congress.
"I am pleased beyond words," Davis said. "The Committee has taken a giant leap forward today for the principle of D.C. voting rights. We still have a ...