Comments on: D.C./Utah House Additions Will End Electoral Tie Possibility http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/02/26/dcutah-house-additions-will-end-electoral-tie-possibility/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 16 May 2026 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Osborne Ink http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/02/26/dcutah-house-additions-will-end-electoral-tie-possibility/#comment-4470 Osborne Ink Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:52:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/02/26/dcutah-house-additions-will-end-electoral-tie-possibility/#comment-4470 I have to go a little further and say that it's well past time to expand the House of Representatives. The freeze at 435 has everything to do with apportioning posh office space, I think, and nothing to do with good governance. I have to go a little further and say that it's well past time to expand the House of Representatives. The freeze at 435 has everything to do with apportioning posh office space, I think, and nothing to do with good governance.

]]> By: fstanley http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/02/26/dcutah-house-additions-will-end-electoral-tie-possibility/#comment-4469 fstanley Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:30:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/02/26/dcutah-house-additions-will-end-electoral-tie-possibility/#comment-4469 In this instance I think that the Founding Fathers got it wrong when they denied American Citizens the very representation that the War of Independence was fought over. Washington D.C. should become part of Maryland or Virginia and be the Capital of the USA just as any Capital City in any other country or even the state capitals here in the US. I don't see any conflict in allowing D.C. residents to vote for a House Rep. who can then vote in Congress just as state reps vote in the state legislature. I do think this will be challenged and go to the Supreme Court. And I agree that an Amendment may be the only way to fix this. ...Stan In this instance I think that the Founding Fathers got it wrong when they denied American Citizens the very representation that the War of Independence was fought over. Washington D.C. should become part of Maryland or Virginia and be the Capital of the USA just as any Capital City in any other country or even the state capitals here in the US. I don't see any conflict in allowing D.C. residents to vote for a House Rep. who can then vote in Congress just as state reps vote in the state legislature.

I do think this will be challenged and go to the Supreme Court. And I agree that an Amendment may be the only way to fix this.

...Stan

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