Fortunately, the founding fathers’ concept is constantly being updated and revised.
[...] John Conyers, forget about impeachment. Here’s one simple, concrete proposal we can shove down the throats of both parties: It’s time to revive the call for Statehood for the District of Columbia. The U.S. Census estimates that there are 550,521 residents of Washington, D.C. About 60 percent are African American. That means D.C. has a larger constituency than Wyoming (are you listening, Dick Cheney?). Yet D.C. is muzzled when it comes to having a full-throated voice in the nation’s capital.The District of Columbia does elect a representative, currently Eleanor Holmes Norton, but has no advocate in the U.S. Senate. If D.C. achieved full statehood, it would elect two senators—most likely black, most likely Democratic. That would be an excellent thing. Sen. Barack Obama needs both the comfort and the competition. [...]
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