News In Depth 3/1/09 Recap

DC voting rights and a look back on the 2009 SA elections…

Those were the topics this past Sunday on WRGW’s News In Depth with Jared Pliner and Jesse Regis.

In the first segment, Pliner and Regis spoke with Jaline Quinto, communications director for DC Vote, on the pending legislation in Congress that would give the DC residents a voting representative in the House. The bipartisan measure passed the Senate and is now on its way back to the House for a final vote.

Quinto emphasized that for many years Washingtonians have had no say when it comes to federal taxes, education, business and the like.

She also encouraged local college students to get involved in the push for representation – they too comprise the 600,000 DC residents without a voice in the Congress. For now, at least, it looks like “taxation without representation” might soon be a thing of the past.

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