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Still, there remained bipartisan agreement that the District of Columbia – which in 1970 had more residents than 10 individual states [a] — deserved at least some representation in the U.S. Congress. Federal legislation to recreate a congressional delegate position for D.C. was first seriously debated by Congress in 1970.
However, Congress retains the right to review and overturn any of the District's laws. [5] Each of the District's eight wards elects a single member of the council, and five members, including the chairman, are elected at large. [6] In 1978, Congress submitted the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment to the states
The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a non-voting delegate to represent the District of Columbia in the United States House of Representatives.
Congress will take the last step to formalize President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris Monday when it assembles in joint session to count the Electoral College votes. The ...
Republicans return to Congress for the lame duck session to decide on government funding, leadership elections in both chambers, and whether to cut a deal with Democrats or push the issue into ...
House Republican leaders are holding a news conference Tuesday morning as GOP lawmakers grapple with President-elect Trump’s public back-and-forth over whether Congress should pass his agenda in ...
The Choctaw tribe has never appointed a delegate to Congress [22] and the Cherokee had not until 2019. [23] However, the Choctaw did send a non-congressional delegate to Washington for most of the 19th century as an ambassador to represent them before the U.S. government, the most noteworthy being Peter Pitchlynn. [24]
Still, Washington's Sixth District congressional representative and super delegate Derek Kilmer, who will leave Congress at the end of the year, pledged his support for Harris early Monday afternoon.