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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People in DC want to allow them to vote in local elections.  It's the will of the people here.  The rest of you can go pound sand.[/quote]
As per the thread title, clearly not everyone in DC wants this.[/quote]

The voters in DC want it. The Congressional Republicans are not voters in DC.[/quote]
You didn’t say voters in DC. In any case, the voters did not directly approve it and I suspect if it was put to a referendum, like the criminal code, it would not pass. Congress has to approve DC laws. If Congress won’t approve it then it won’t be law. If it was such a priority for DC government then they should have passed it months ago when Democrats were in power. But clearly it wasn’t that big of a priority or maybe, just maybe, Democrats wouldn’t have approved it either. I don’t know if you’re reading the news but Kamala Harris is on border duty and she’s been quite vocal about border security and deportations are ramping up again. Allowing undocumented to vote doesn’t seem to be consistent with the Presidents policy message.

If you want to blame someone, blame Democrats starting with the DC Council and Mayor. [/quote]

I don’t think you understand the process. This lays it out: https://dccouncil.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Legislative_Process_Flowchart.pdf

Overturning this legislation, as any, requires the House, Senate, and the President to act within 30 days. House Rs can jump up and down all they want to score cheap political points from people like you but there is no bipartisan, bicameral consensus to intervene in DC’s local affairs.

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That’s for the education. If this is such a done deal, then why are you jumping up and down screaming about it?[/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

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