华盛顿DC.ppt

Page ? * Washington D.C. Taxation without representation AMERICA Eleanor Holmes Norton Washington D.C. 1.Congress has the final say over its budgets and laws. 2.D.C. does not have full representation on the hill. 3.They pay federal taxes and fight in wars. 4 She has introduced bill after bill to grant D.C. . Either statehood or a vote in congress Washington D.C. Why D.C. got into this mess? Back in the late 1700s,there was no permanent US capital. It was just wherever congress met. But after congress was mobbed by veterans demanding backpay in the pennsylvanian mutiny of 1783. They decided they needed an enclave under their own control. So they added a clause to the constitution which said that congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases.Until 1964, residents could not even vote in presidential elections. If you want to know pennsylvanian mutiny just google it. ↓↓↓click ↓↓↓ /wiki/Pennsylvania_Mutiny_of_1783 Washington D.C. Now congress very rarely reject D.C.s decisions outright. Instead they attach so-called riders. Washington D.C. Now congress very rarely reject D.C.s decisions outright. Instead they attach so-called riders. They have actually come tantalizingly close to getting a voting representative in congress. However,the senate passed it with a little addition which would repeal all of D.C.s gun control laws. 1.That amendment would have repealed their ban on semi-automatic weapons and removed criminal penalties for unregistered firearms. 2.Even altered their ability to enact future gun control legislation. Washington D.C. Now congress very rarely reject D.C.s decisions outright. Instead they attach so-called riders. Now the problem is even if they eventually get one, Congress could still add riders to mess with D.C.s laws. Page ? *