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February 12, 2009

Senate Panel Approves DC Housing Voting Rights Bill
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The District of Columbia is one step closer to getting representation in
the U.S. House. On Wednesday the Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee voted eleven to one to support the DC
Housing Voting Rights bill. Senator John Mc Cain cast the sole opposing
vote. The bill would permanently expand the 435-member House by two
seats. One seat would go to Washington D.C. and the other to Utah.



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