District of Columbia's At-large congressional district

The District of Columbia's At-large congressional district is a congressional district based entirely of the District of Columbia. Since, according to the U.S. Constitution, only states may be represented in Congress, the District of Columbia has no voting representative. Instead, constituents in the district elect a non-voting delegate to the U.S. 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 floor of the House of Representatives, delegates are voting members in U.S. House committees and they lobby their congressional colleagues regarding the District's interests. In January 2007, the House of Representatives adopted H.Res. 78, which permits delegates to cast non-binding floor votes when the House of Representatives was operating in the Committee of the Whole, a procedure that last existed from 1993-1995.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton.

Delegates to the United States House of Representatives

Election Results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

See also

• District of Columbia voting rights
• D.C. Statehood
• United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia
• List of United States congressional districts

External links

• District of Columbia Congressional District map