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Oct 28, 2009
Voting Rights Not Likely to Make Defense Bill
Photo by HeatherMG Two weeks ago, we reported that an amendment granting the District a voting seat in the House might be tacked on to a defense spending bill. Now, it doesn’t look like that will happen. Politico is reporting that Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the Senate’s top appropriator, is opposed to the idea, while other Democrats fear that adding the measure would imperil the larger bill. Republicans, who are already soft on District…