URGENT - DC Vote in House - Only You Can Help

Written by: Christal Wood on Mar 19, 2007 3:57 PM EDT

Dear Seattle DFA, 

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN DC – ONLY YOU CAN STOP IT!

Did you know that District of Columbia residents have always been taxed, always fought in wars, but have never had voting representation in U.S. Congress? Find out more about this problem--and what corruption it’s wrought--with a downloadable conversation with DC Resident and Educator Kathryn Ray (interviewed by yours truly) on behalf of the Seattle League of Women Voters.  Find out what the problem is, why you should care, and why we, the rest of the country, are in the only position to change it:

http://www.seattlelwv.org/dcvotingrights.htm

 
THE TIME IS NOW: House to Vote on DC Voting Rights this Week!

And once you’re informed—take action!  Breaking news is that the full House of Representatives is set to vote on the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act the week of March 19. Please contact your Members of Congress immediately and urge them to vote for the legislation to provide a vote in the House for the citizens of our nation’s capital.
Keep the momentum going! Please contact your Representative now and urge her or him to vote for the DC Voting Rights Act of 2007.

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on the Judiciary both approved the DC Voting Rights Act the week of March 12, clearing the way for historic action in the full House of Representatives. Passage of this legislation will be another step in the long struggle for full voting rights for every citizen in our nation.

Keep the momentum going! Please contact your Representative now and urge her or him to vote for the DC Voting Rights Act of 2007.

Best wishes.  -cw 

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