We’ve all heard the news — yesterday the House passed legislation granting the District a voting seat in the chamber. While the measure will face a tough fight in the Senate and an all-but-assured veto from President Bush, its victory in the House represents a moral victory for a movement that has pushed and prodded in every way to correct a longstanding injustice. And as it moves to new political ground and a new…

Last time we live blogged the House debate on District voting rights, things didn’t go too well. We’re hoping for a bit of an improvement today. From what we’ve heard on the Hill, debate kicks off at 10:30 a.m., and the legislation has been split up into two separate parts — one covering the actual voting seats both D.C. and Utah would receive and the other dealing with the minor increase in annual spending the…

Republicans can’t even let the District have a symbolic victory, can they? Roll Call is reporting today that House Republicans are threatening to sue over a rule change passed Wednesday that allows D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and the representatives of U.S. territories to vote on amendments to legislation on the House Floor. Republicans claim that only states should have the right to vote on the House floor, and that the change grants the Democratic…