With a seven-year effort to win a House of Representatives vote for the District now foundering, officials and activists are starting to wonder how to proceed with the city's decades-long fight for congressional representation.

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District politicians, civic leaders and organizers of today's voting rights rally urged a crowd of about 60 supporters gathered downtown yesterday to call and e-mail friends in a last-ditch push for a huge turnout despite predictions of bad weather.

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Friday, 15 April 2011 22:37

DC celebrates Emancipation Day

The D.C. government and schools are closed for the holiday, and for city workers, today is an unpaid furlough day intended to help ease budget woes.

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Monday, 18 April 2011 22:29

Down With Obama

The District is ticked off at President Barack Obama. 

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With fewer than a dozen words Monday, President Barack Obama made his most definitive statement to date in favor of District statehood, delighting both loyal supporters and longtime advocates who have questioned his commitment to D.C. voting rights.

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