The bigger issue here is the Senate rule that allows one Senator to hold up legislation favored by the other 99 (or some smaller, but still majority portion, thereof).
The fact of the matter is, the Constitution is quite clear - Congress administers DC. The fact that Home Rule exists in any capacity is a courtesy extended by said Congress.
There is no one living in DC now that lived there back when it was a represented part of the state of Maryland. They all knew/know what they're getting.
And besides, what it boils down to is that every citizen of DC (and for that matter the immediate area) has 435 Representatives, and 100 Senators. Pick one you like, and make your opinion known. They do, in fact, pay attention. Because as I've been told by a Representative from South Carolina - "I live here [Arlington]. My kids go to school here. I'm your Representative, too."
If you want DC to get a guaranteed vote, change the Constitution. Until that point, if you want your opinion known, I'd suggest contacting someone on the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia or perhaps the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management of the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia. Or both.
Displaced New Orleanian | 05.22.07 - 2:33 pm | #

One thing that sucks about living in DC is that Congressmen use it as a petri dish for their own pet projects and crusades. Sam Brownback excels at this.
Leonardo | 05.23.07 - 6:18 pm | #