Calling all DC/MD/VA Kossacks -- and anyone else who wants to come! Celebrate DC Emancipation Day, April 16th, by marching for DC Voting Rights.
The House will be considering HR 1433, the DC Voting Rights Act, as soon as they come back from recess -- the week of April 16th! The bill would give DC, the seat of Democracy, one fully voting representative in the House. What a concept!
The march:
WHERE: Gather at Freedom Plaza and March to the Capitol Reflecting Pool
Metro Stops: For Freedom Plaza — Metro Center or Federal Triangle
For the Capitol Reflecting Pool — Federal Center SW
WHEN: DC Emancipation Day, April 16, 2007
2:30 PM—Gather at Freedom Plaza, 13th St. & Penn. Ave., NW
4:00 PM—Rally at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, 3rd St. & Independence
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Currently, more than half a million Americans living in our nation’s capital have no voting representation in Congress. We have no vote for health care, no vote for education or any issue debated and voted on by the U.S. Congress.
A couple weeks ago I wrote about how my mother lambasted her congressman, Cliff Stearns, for his wrongheaded anti-Democracy views about HR 1433. While this bill has bipartisan support and it looks as though passing this bill could be a reality, plenty of Members like Stearns still need to be shamed into giving the citizens of the District of Columbia the same rights as Iraqi citizens have in Baghdad.
That's why thousands of people from DC, VA, MD, and elsewhere will march on Capitol Hill on April 16 to demand that DC residents have a voting voice in the House. March With Us. Demand the Vote.
The info again:
WHERE: Gather at Freedom Plaza and March to the Capitol Reflecting Pool
Metro Stops: For Freedom Plaza — Metro Center or Federal Triangle
For the Capitol Reflecting Pool — Federal Center SW
WHEN: DC Emancipation Day, April 16, 2007
2:30 PM—Gather at Freedom Plaza, 13th St. & Penn. Ave., NW
4:00 PM—Rally at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, 3rd St. & Independence Ave., NW
Hope to see you there!