Because the Federal Government is an entity that governs the 50 states. The 50 states have voting rights and such in the Federal Government. In the Senate, each state has an equal vote and in the House each state has a number of votes in proportion to the number of citizens in the state. So, the Federal Government is really controlled by votes from the 50 states that comprise the US and the 50 states also elect the President (not individual voters as we were so reminded in the last election). The people that live in DC do not live in a state - they live in an area that is controlled by the Federal Government. So, it is not that the people there don't have voting rights - it's more a matter of the District of Columbia not having voting rights.
Regards, Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: RE: My fellow Americans > Is that any worse that the governor of Louisiana? Or Arkansas or 4 or 5 > other states? How about malfeasance in the federal government. Since the > start of home rule in the district, there has been how incidents? Compare > that to the number in the Federal government and in the states. Its no > better or no worse. > > Why shouldn't all Americans who live on US territory have voting > representation in Congress? > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:01 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: My fellow Americans > > > > > > It's not a state, thankfully. It gets one delegate in the House of > > Representatives, but > > has not voting power. And because it has no Congressional > > representation, > > the residents > > there have no presidential vote, as they do not get an > > Electoral College > > Delegate. D.C. was > > never intended to be a full time residence for the citizens. > > It also does > > not get a star > > on our flag. > > > > Congress is given the responsibility by the Constitution to > > administer > > D.C. It got some > > crazy notion of self rule several decades ago and the citizens there > > subjected us to > > Marion Barry. Who got re-elected after getting video taped > > smoking crack > > with some > > prostitute. "B*tch set me up." The level of corruption in > > the self-rule > > government has > > forced Congress to rescind self-rule and kicked the mayor, > > and his possee, > > to the curb. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:26 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: My fellow Americans > > > > > > Oh I forgot I'm Canadian.... A quick geography question: > > Is Washington D.C. a state of its own, or is it in Maryland? > > > > thanks, > > > > Patrick > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
