Quickie: Obama Says He Supports D.C. Voting Rights

By GottaLaff

Today's Quickie:

President Barack Obama on Friday spoke for the first time in support of D.C. voting rights.

Wait, what? He's for voting rights? For people? Why, I bet that even includes gay people! The very idea...

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U.S. Public In Favor of D.C. Voting Rights

Give them voting rights, then make Puerto Rico a state. Do it fast.

• 58: Percentage of Americans who favor of giving D.C. a voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• 35: Percentage of Americans who oppose D.C. voting rights
• 40: Percentage of voters who would rather D.C. residential areas be given to Maryland
• 60: Percentage of voters who oppose D.C. becoming a state
• 38: Percentage of voters who think Congress should end its oversight of the D.C. government

Senate approves DC voting bill

By GottaLaff

Via CNN:

The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that would give the District of Columbia a vote in Congress.

The measure would give full voting rights in the House of Representatives to the district's congressional delegate, whose activity is currently limited to committee votes and procedural issues.

The measure also gives a new House seat to the state of Utah.

The bill now moves to the House, where it is considered likely to pass.