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Doesn't Washington DC have a representative from another state?
Or something similar
7 Answers
- conley39Lv 710 months ago
No, Washington DC isn't part of a state. They have a delegate in Confress of their own but that delegate cannot vote
- MSLv 710 months ago
They have a representative in the House of Representatives who can participate in committees and other discussions, but who cannot vote on the floor of the House (where it really matters).
- StephenWeinsteinLv 710 months ago
No, it doesn't. It does have a nonvoting representative of its own, who is from DC and is not from any state.
- W.T. DoorLv 710 months ago
The ridiculous movement to make Washington DC a state is an attempt to add two Black Senators and a Black Representative to Congress.
Better would be to make DC like a US territory for taxation purposes. US territories don't have voting representatives in Congress because they don't pay federal income taxes.
- ?Lv 710 months ago
From another state? I don't know what that means. Residents of D.C. have no voting representative in the House or the Senate. That's why there's discussion of statehood. It would give those tax payers representation.
- D.E.B.S.Lv 710 months ago
I'll assume you mean a representative in Congress. The answer is no. Like Puerto Rico, they have a non-voting delegate who can sit on committees but has not voting power in the end.