Statehood News (217)
By Bern Haggerty, Letter to the Editor
Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming)
January 12, 2000 (page 9)
Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, July 4, 2002 (page 18)
"Who Cares About DC?" It's not a rhetorical question!
It is the personal appeal of a DC resident. It is about democracy in the nation's capital, about voter supression, voting rights and what it means to be a citizen of the United States of America where the right to vote is fundamental in our democracy, but under attack in many places in the U.S.
DC is treated as an agency of the federal government, largely managed by the Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee, only one of whose members were elected by residents of the District, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and she has no vote in Congress!
The District’s local government enacts laws and creates programs to spend its own locally-generated tax revenues to benefit its residents. But, Congress reviews and approves or denies any such laws, unlike any of the 50 states.
DC residents cannot appeal to or unelect Members of Congress who decide that they can do a better job of governing the District of Columbia than the DC Council and Mayor.
DC residents pay more income taxes than residents of 22 states, but have no representation in the House or the Senate. That’s why DC license plates read, "END Taxation Without Representation.”
With 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats (or Democratic-caucusing independents) in the Senate in the 119th Congress—and Republicans therefore shy of the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster—there is attention to a legislative process for getting tax and spending bills through the Senate known as reconciliation. Here’s what it is and how it works.
What’s a Continuing Resolution and Why Does It Matter?
By Tanya Somanader, Obama administration, The White House, September 19, 2014
Statehood Lobbyist, Norton Testify at Trial
Written by Neely Tucker | The Washington Post
Compiled from reports by staff writers Michael D. Shear, Martin Weil, Phuong Ly and Neely Tucker, The Washington Post, February 25, 2000
Breaking The Silence On Home Rule
Written by Courtland Milloy | The Washington Postt
Breaking The Silence On Home Rule
By Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post, January 22, 2000
THE HISTORY OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
YES, WE WILL SEE STATEHOOD FOR D.C.
Written by ACLU – District of Columbia
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600 PROTESTERS PICKET FOR D.C. OUTSIDE FAIRCLOTH'S FRONT DOOR
Written by Knight Chamberlain | The Washington Post
Sen. Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.) wasn't home. But that didn't stop an estimated 600 demonstrators -- about 400 of whom had journeyed from Washington in a bus caravan -- from picketing outside his house today, protesting Faircloth's role in legislation that stripped D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D) and other elected D.C. officials of much of their power.
Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of DC statehood activist Lawrence Benjamin Harris.
Details of the Celebration of Life for Lawrence B. Harris:
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 11:00 am
Epiphany Episcopal Church (inside Canterbury Hall)
3125 Ritchie Road
Forestville, Maryland 20747
Presiding Pastor E. Gregory
DEAR U.S. SENATORS: Please vote "NO" on disapproval resolutions
Written by Karen Szulgit
History
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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mrs. Hanes!
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Pianist Peter Hanes
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Loretta Carter Hanes
In celebration of DC Emancipation Day, we’re taking a closer look at the remarkable life of DC native Loretta Carter Hanes. Hanes spent her life fighting for educational equality and for official recognition of April 16 as Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.
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Obituary - Lillian J. Huff
Lillian J. Huff (Age 87) peacefully transitioned from this life on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was a community activist and leader throughout the city especially in the Lamond Riggs Civic Association, political activist on the DC Statehood Committee and a leader in the DC Federation of Democratic Women's Organization.
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"Statehood is Far More Difficult" The Struggle for D.C. Self-Determination, 1980-2017
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Remembering Our Fallen Activists of Stand Up / Free DC
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Activists challenge and reshape our social and political consciousness.
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"Free D.C." The Struggle for Civil, Political, and Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
"Free D.C." The Struggle for Civil, Political, and Human Rights in Washington, D.C., 1965-1979
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