District of Columbia's At-large congressional district

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Since, according to the U.S. Constitution, only states may be represented in Congress, the District of Columbia has no voting representative. Instead, D.C. elects a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. Unlike residents of U.S. territories, who also elect non-voting delegates to Congress, residents of D.C. pay federal income tax, which in the view of many residents subjects them to "taxation without representation".

Despite lacking full voting privileges on the House floor, delegates are voting members of House committees and they lobby their Congressional colleagues regarding the District's interests. In January 2007, the House adopted HRes 78, which permits delegates to cast non-binding floor votes when the House was operating in the Committee of the Whole, a procedure that last existed from 1993-1995.

[edit] Delegates from the District of Columbia to the United States House of Representatives

Delegate	Party	Years served
Norton P. Chipman	Republican	1871 – 1875
Position eliminated in 1875; restored in 1971.
Walter E. Fauntroy	Democratic	1971 – 1991
Eleanor Holmes Norton	Democratic	1991 – present

[edit] See also

• District of Columbia voting rights
• D.C. Statehood

District of Columbia's congressional districts
AL See also: District of Columbia's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps

Lists of United States congressional delegations (lists of House members, lists of Senators)

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