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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eleanor is THE reason DC doesn’t have a vote in congress.

Gingrich offered her a compromise in the 90’s, where if the city got rid of its handgun ban, DC would get a vote in congress and Utah would get an additional seat.

She refused, because it was more important to her to deprive law abiding people in DC of their Constitutional right to own a gun than it was to have a vote in congress.

Then a decade later the Heller decision gave DC residents their second amendment rights, and DC still doesn’t have a vote.

All because of Eleanor. [/quote]
Why would Utah be eligible for another seat? Glad she didn’t take Newt’s “deal.”[/quote]

I’m glad she didn’t take the deal, too. Because if she did, DC would’ve had a vote all this time since then.

As it turned out, Heller overturned DC’s unconstitutional gun ban, and Utah got an extra seat anyway due to its growing population.

So it worked out for the best in the end. We got the Constitutional freedoms we wanted for DC residents, Utah got another Republican seat in the House, and DC still doesn’t have a vote. It was the perfect outcome for us, and DC got nothing.

Yes, like you, I’m thrilled she didn’t take the deal back then.  :wink: [/quote]

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