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 No doubt, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton will do her best to try to fend off the congressional attacks despite not having a vote. But there's one way to ensure that Congress cannot interfere in our local affairs: Make D.C. the 51st state. Voting representation in the House alone, which Norton and local officials currently are pushing, would not overturn Congress's control of our legislation. It would merely provide one vote out of 437 in the House - and none in the Senate - that we could cast in our defense.
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Following a decision by DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to withdraw a bill to provide the District of Columbia a single vote in the House of Representatives, the Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition called on Congress to permanently kill the measure and immediately introduce legislation to make the District the 51st U.S. State.
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DC's Special Committee on Statehood and Self-Determination, will conduct a Public Oversight Hearing regarding political and constitutional considerations of achieving statehood and self determination. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, June 1, 2009 at 6:30 pm in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.
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The Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition today sent a letter to Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) objecting to their proposed legislation to define marriage in the District of Columbia as the union of one man and one women.
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A video clip of Rebecca Kingsley's documentary movie.
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