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Originally Posted by Kevin
As for the House, I'm not sure what D.C. has to complain about.
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Like I said, taxation without representation. I think that's a lot to complain about. It led to revolution, you may recall.
I can readily agree (sorry, Sen) that there are valid and appropriate reasons for the District of Columbia not to be a state. I can also agree that the role of the Senate (in theory, at least) is to represent states, not represent "the people." And I can agree that DC is different from other US territories.
I cannot, though, agree that United States citizens should have no meaningful representation in the Congress that imposes taxes on them and enacts laws they must obey simply because they live in Washington. Nor can I see how giving DC a true, voting representive in the House -- where he or she would be 1 of (presumably) 436 members -- would lead to the capital "ruling over" the states.