political : WOULD THE FOLLOWING BE AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF WASHINGTON, D.C.'S LACK OF FEDERAL REPRESENTATION? [+] serious ballot by xxxxxxxx ACTIVE Mon Jan 16, 06 - Sat Oct 11, 08 Okay, Washington, D.C. does not have representation in either the U.S. House or Senate. Here's my solution: 1: Give D.C. a Congressman. It's an extra Congressman in the U.S. House, so perhaps another Congressman can be added somewhere else so that an odd number of Congressmen still exist. But D.C. deserves a Congressman -- only one, though, for it isn't populated heavily enough for more than one representative. 2: For the U.S. Senate, since D.C. is sandwiched between Maryland and Virginia, designate one U.S. Senator from each state to include D.C. in his/her Senate coverage. For purposes of when the Senators' terms are up, the Senators I would assign to D.C. are John Warner (R-VA) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), because the other two senators' (Allen from VA and Sarbanes from MD) terms expire at the same time -- this avoids electoral overlapping. In other words, the Senators would be like this: Barbara Mikulski (D-MD/DC) John Warner (R-VA/DC) Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) George Allen (R-VA) People residing in DC could be eligible to run for either Mikulski or Warner's seat. This is just a thought. It could have some holes. Hopefully it isn't too complicated. Would you accept it as a fair solution? Yes. No. Make It a State Ballot #86107 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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