Update: Sen. Reid is now saying they will vote on the bill the week of Sept. 17.
Two hundred years of waiting for democracy may soon come to an end for the citizens of the District of Columbia. Senate Leader Harry Reid has said S. 1257, DC House Voting Rights Act is on the list of priority legislation that the Senate will act on this month.
The Washington Post today noted in an editorial that conservative Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently spoke out on DC voting rights:
They're American citizens, they pay taxes and it just doesn't quite seem right to me that a person living within our borders, living under our laws . . . would somehow be even partially disenfranchised.
If Huckabee can stand up for voting rights, how can Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stand in the way of votng rights for DC? McConnell has it in his power to filibuster the bill, or to let it come to a vote, even if he's against it. We know we'll win the vote.
Join us in calling on the Senate to vote for basic rights for DC.
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