D.C. paid the federal government $26.4 billion in taxes in 2014, while receiving $3.5 billion in return.

Photo by Josh Novikoff With the nation’s attention squarely focused on Washington in the coming days, the D.C. Council couldn’t have found a better time to make a visible statement about the city’s lack of voting rights. Members of the council and the District’s shadow delegation today inaugurated an electronic billboard that lists the amount of federal taxes paid by District residents while not having a vote in the U.S. Congress. (Currently, that’s $5…