Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and D.C. Office of Veterans Affairs Director Ely Ross. (Photo via Twitter)

Update: D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s motion to restore her floor vote failed this afternoon on party lines.

Original: As D.C.’s first act in the new 115th Congress, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for a vote as part of the Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives.

“This vote is a down payment for full voting rights to the more than 680,000 American citizens residing in the District of Columbia,” said Norton in her remarks.

While one aspect of the House rules package has made headlines—the attempt to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics—another could restore Norton’s ability to vote on the House floor. Currently, she can only vote in committees.

Norton’s argument is that the Committee of the Whole was created by House rules, and so those rules can also grant her the right to vote on the floor.

She had a floor vote in the 103rd, 110th, and 111th Congress, all of which had a Democratic majority. While House Republicans sued over her ability to vote in the 103rd Congress, they lost at the U.S. District Court for D.C. and the U.S. Court of Appeals.

“During those Congresses, the delegate vote had no adverse impact on the operations of the House,” said Norton. “However, the vote’s importance to the taxpaying American citizens who live in the District of Columbia cannot be overstated.”

Norton was joined at a press conference by Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Office of Veterans Affairs Director Ely S. Ross “to claim the rights we already have,” in Norton’s words.

Here’s your casual reminder that D.C. paid more in federal taxes than 22 states last year, has a higher population than two states with full representation, and still faces constant meddling from people we didn’t elect. Meanwhile, the one person we did elect can’t vote on these measures when they come before the full House.

Mere months ago, Democrats like Norton were hoping that a win for statehood at the ballot box would be coupled with a victory for Hillary Clinton. “Never before has a presidential nominee taken office with so solid a promise for full and equal citizenship for D.C. residents,” Norton said at the Democratic National Convention.

While statehood won handily this November in D.C., the city faces a fully Republican federal government when it is legally bound to present its bid to Congress.

“Budget autonomy and statehood are for another day, and we will not give up until we get the full deal,” said Norton today.

But for now, they’re aiming for a restored vote for Norton. “The least that reasonable people can do right now is to make sure our delegate has a vote in the Committee of the Whole,” said Bowser. “We’re not asking for better treatment—we’re asking for equal treatment.”

Ross, a D.C. resident who served in the armed services, spoke to represent the 30,000 veterans living in the city. “As a resident of the District, I do not have the rights I was sworn to defend,” he said. “It simply defies logic.”

Norton said she hasn’t spoken to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in person about the vote, and acknowledged that it’d be easier for him to keep things as they are. However, she sent him a letter reminding him that he voted for a bill that would have given D.C. full voting rights in 2007, as did Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

She remained optimistic about D.C.’s chances under a Republican-helmed government, noting that the House’s efforts to strip D.C. of budget autonomy died in the GOP-led Senate and never required a veto from President Barack Obama.