D.C. Voting Rights Bill Defeated in Senate
posted 4:56 pm Tue September 18, 2007 - Washington
The 57-42 procedural vote failed to break a threatened filibuster from opponents who believe the measure to be unconstitutional. The Senate cloture vote represents the closest that voting rights proponents have come to success in decades of struggle.
Before the vote, supporters said that failure would likely doom voting-rights legislation for this year.
Opponents of the measure argued the Constitution expressly limits House representation to states, and the district is not a state. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty made a personal appeal for the bill on the Senate floor, using a provision that allows him special access to the Senate floor.
Latest Comment on D.C. Voting Rights Bill Defeated in Senate
freeurmind
12:00 pm on 09/20/07
tlowdermilk, good point.
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