The Democrats want to give the citizens of Washington D.C. the basic democratic right the rest of the country enjoys – representation in Congress, but Bush is ready to put a stop to that:
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto legislation giving the District of Columbia a vote in the House, possibly prolonging a two-century-long wait for representation in Congress.
The bill, the White House said in a statement, violates constitutional language saying the House should be made up of representatives chosen by the people of the states. “The District of Columbia is not a state,†it said, and if the legislation reaches President Bush’s desk, “his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill.â€
The House is to vote Friday on the legislation that would give a vote to the D.C. delegate while creating, until the 2010 census, a new at-large seat for Utah.
Why does Bush hate democracy so much? This excuse is really lame. If we are going to say that, then we should revoke the representatives from Kentucky and Virginia, as they are commonwealths and not states. How would Bush feel about that happening to two big red “states”? Perhaps the Democrats should fight back with threatening to remove the representation of these two states.