DC elected officials at the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing on the DC VRA held on September 14, 2006.

In the House of Representatives for the 110th Congress, the DC Voting Rights Act, H.R. 1905, had also been introduced in earlier forms as H.R. 1433 and H.R. 328. It was known as H.R. 5388 in the 109th Congress. In the Senate, the DC Voting Rights Act is known as S. 1257.

Congressional "Dear Colleague" Letters

• Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) about bringing the DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 1257) to the Senate Floor
  July 20, 2007 (PDF 151 kb)
  
  
• Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Supporting the DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 1257)
  June 21, 2007 (PDF 98 kb)
  
  

Support from Members of Congress

• Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) press release, December 4, 2006 (PDF 98 kb)
  
  
• Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) letter to Utah Governor Jon Huntsman dated November 1, 2006 (PDF 91 kb)

Support from State Legislators

• HR 26: A Resolution Expressing Regret that New Hampshire's United States Senators Voted to Deny the District of Columbia the Right to Be Represented in the Congress
  July 20, 2007 (PDF 32 kb)

DC Vote Letters to the Hill

• Larry Chapman: Trusted with Lives, But Not a Vote in Congress
  July 23, 2007 (PDF 64 kb)
  
  
• Kathryn Ray: Her Family's Right to Vote Should Be Her Right Too
  July 16, 2007 (PDF 59 kb)
  
  
• Samuel McCoy: An American Soldier Denied a Vote in Congress
  July 12, 2007 (PDF 51 kb)
  
  
• 25 Former Elected and Appointed Officials Support DC Voting Rights Act
  March 12, 2007 (PDF 36 kb)
  
  
• 25 Legal Scholars Support Constitutionality of DC Voting Rights
  March 12, 2007 (PDF 51 kb)
  
  
• DC Voting Rights: A Personal Story
  December 18, 2006 (PDF 89 kb)
  
  
• First Order of Business: Pass the DC Voting Rights Act
  November 30, 2006 (PDF 81 kb)
  
  
• DC Voting Rights Act Hailed in the Media
  July 17, 2006 (PDF 257 kb)
  
  
• Poll Shows Strong Nationwide Support for DC Voting Rights Across All Groups of Americans
  July 7, 2006 (PDF 111 kb)
  
  
• DC Voting Rights Act: Plainly Constitutional
  June 23, 2006 (PDF 77 kb)
  
  
• DC Voting Rights Act Mark-up Reflects History of Bipartisan Support
  June 19, 2006 (PDF 136 kb)

DC Voting Rights Act Coalition Letters and Informational Pieces

• DC Vote, LCCR and 35 Coalition Organizations to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
  July 15, 2008 (PDF 148 kb)
  
  
• LCCR, DC Vote and 76 Coalition Organizations to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  June 12, 2007 (PDF 53 kb)
  
  
• LCCR, National Urban League and NAACP to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  January 25, 2007 (PDF 50 kb)
  
  
• DC Vote and 28 Coalition Organizations to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  January 19, 2007 (PDF 55 kb)
  
  
• Common Cause Edit Memo on the DC Voting Rights Act
  November 28, 2006 (PDF 95 kb)
  
  
• LCCR and 38 Coalition Organizations to House Judiciary Committee
  September 13, 2006 (PDF 138 kb)
  
  
• LCCR and 38 Coalition Organizations to House Judiciary Committee
  June 20, 2006 (PDF 43 kb)
  
  
• LCCR and 29 Coalition Organizations to House Committee on Government Reform
  May 17, 2006 (PDF 48 kb)
  
  

Coalition Partners and Other Supporters Letters to the Hill, Press Releases and Statements

• Urban League of Nebraska, July 30, 2008 (PDF 595 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way, September 17, 2007 (PDF 51 kb)
  
  
• AFL-CIO, September 17, 2007 (PDF 210 kb)
  
  
• DC Republican Party, September 13, 2007 (PDF 27 kb)
  
  
• National Treasury Employees Union, September 12, 2007 (PDF 51 kb)
  
  
• DC GOP - DC Republicans Call on Conservative Talk Radio to Support DC Voting Rights, dated August 8, 2008 and signed by Robert Kabel, Tony Parker and Betsy Werronen (PDF 16 kb)
  
  
• Common Cause, July 24, 2007 (PDF 20 kb)
  
  
• Federal City Council, June 25, 2007 (PDF 77 kb)
  
  
• American Jewish Committee, June 12, 2007 (PDF 309 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way, June 12, 2007 (PDF 56 kb)
  
  
• National Urban League, June 11, 2007 (PDF 36 kb)
  
  
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, June 11, 2007 (PDF 717 kb)
  
  
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Letter with H.R. 1905 Fact Sheet Including Constitutionality Issues, April 18, 2007 (PDF 93 kb)
  
  
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, March 21, 2007 (PDF 757 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way, March 12, 2007 (PDF 56 kb)
  
  
• League of Women Voters of the U.S., March 12, 2007 (PDF 31 kb)
  
  
• Democracy for Utah, March 12, 2007 (PDF 88 kb)
  
  
• League of Women Voters of the U.S., February 14, 2007 (PDF 102 kb)
  
  
• National Urban League, February 14, 2007 (PDF 155 kb)
  
  
• DC for Democracy and Democracy For America, February 7, 2007 (PDF 162 kb)
  
  
• International Association of Fire Fighters, February 6, 2007 (PDF 256 kb)
  
  
• League of Women Voters of the U.S., January 18, 2007 (PDF 111 kb)
  
  
• DC GOP press release, December 7, 2006 (PDF 85 kb)
  
  
• National Urban League press release, December 5, 2006 (PDF 260 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way press release, December 5, 2006 (PDF 25 kb)
  
  
• League of Women Voters of the U.S. press release, December 4, 2006 (PDF 106 kb)
  
  
• Coalition to Stop Gun Violence press release, December 4, 2006 (PDF 151 kb)
  
  
• UAW, December 4, 2006 (PDF 38 kb)
  
  
• DC Fiscal Policy Institute, December 4, 2006 (PDF 86 kb)
  
  
• Common Cause, November 30, 2006 (PDF 69 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way, September 13, 2006 (PDF 58 kb)
  
  
• Common Cause, September 13, 2006 (PDF 69 kb)
  
  
• People For the American Way, July 25, 2006 (PDF 56 kb)
  
  
• Patricia M. Wald, July 25, 2006 (PDF 52 kb)
  
  
• District of Columbia Bar, July 25, 2006 (PDF 379 kb)
  
  
• American Jewish Committee and 13 Interfaith Organizations, July 25, 2006 (PDF 19 kb)
  
  
• American Jewish Committee and Six Jewish Organizations, July 25, 2006 (PDF 23 kb)
  
  
• American Humanist Association, July 14, 2006 (PDF 93 kb)
  
  
• Archdiocese of Washington, July 20, 2006 (PDF 68 kb)
  
  
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., July 2006 (PDF 95 kb)
  
  
• Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, June 27, 2006 (PDF 689 kb)
  
  
• Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, June 21, 2006 (PDF 119 kb)
  
  
• American Bar Association, June 16, 2006 (PDF 237 kb)
  
  
• National Urban League, June 12, 2006 (PDF 214 kb)
  
  
• Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, June 1, 2006
  
  
• Common Cause, May 31, 2006 (PDF 68 kb)
  
  
• League of Women Voters or (PDF 116 kb), May 31, 2006
  
  
• LCCR, May 23, 2006 and LCCR, May 17, 2006
  
  
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, May 18, 2006 (PDF 61 kb)
  
  
• Common Cause, May 17, 2006
  
  
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, May 17, 2006

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