Alaska's Congressional Delegation
Fifty years ago today, Congress passed the Alaska Statehood Act, giving Alaska, among other things, two Senators and a US Representative.
208 years ago, Congress, apparently without noticing what it was doing, allowed Americans living in the then-new District of Columbia to lose their right to representation in Congress.
Today, Alaska has a population of 670,053; DC's population is 581,530 -- both roughly the size of one congressional district.
Alaska has three Members of Congress - pictured here, all under ethical clouds. DC has one non-voting Member of Congress - no ethical clouds for Delegate Norton, just no vote.
I've got nothing against Alaska and they deserve better representation in Congress, but DC deserves voting representation now. The Senate needs to vote again to end the filibuster by Senator McConnell and give DC the vote!
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