Dreier: Will the gentlewoman yield?
Holmes Norton: I will not yield, sir. The District of Columbia has spent 206 years yielding to people who would deny them the vote. I yield you no ground. Not during my time. You have had your say, and your say has been that you think the people who live in your capital are not entitled to a vote in their House. Shame on you.
Good on ya, Eleanor! Tell ’em how it is.
The DC Voting Rights Act passed today, and you can see DCist’s blow by blow coverage of the entire debate from today. The conclusion? It passed, but it’s linked, oddly, to a budget bill. If both don’t pass, the DC remains voteless.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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