The real reason, for those not from this country is that Washington DC is largely made up of African Americans, who primarily vote Democrat. The Republicans don't want to give the Democrat's an extra vote.
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, August 15, 2002, 10:44:47 AM, you wrote: LL> That "delegate" had no constitutional authority for voting in congress. LL> The Democrats LL> violated their authority in allowing it in the first place. LL> -----Original Message----- LL> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] LL> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:21 AM LL> To: CF-Community LL> Subject: RE: My fellow Americans LL> The republican congress under Newt Gingrich in 1994 removed the voting LL> status of DC's sole representative. ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists