Date Set For Vote On D.C. Voting Rights Act

For Districtonians anxiously awaiting the next step toward Congressional representation, it's t-minus ten days and counting. An email which we received yesterday indicated that a Senate vote on the D.C. Voting Rights Act was close to being scheduled; Roll Call confirms today that a Senate vote will indeed take place on Tuesday, February 24, after the President's Day recess. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed procedural motions on behalf of the bill shortly after last night's passage of the economic stimulus bill. Via a press release, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton noted that "the D.C. voting rights bill has been moving with the speed rare for a bill this year, and I know I speak for D.C. residents and elected officials when I express our gratitude to Majority Leader Harry Reid for putting our voting rights bill on the fast track."