District of Columbia Representation and Vote: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.J. Res. 529. April 6, 7, 1960U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 173 páginas |
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... fact , exceeds the combined population of Alaska , Nevada , and Wyoming , three States which are represented by nine men in Congress , while the District of Columbia remains . 1 unrepresented . In 1948 , the last time the District.
... fact , exceeds the combined population of Alaska , Nevada , and Wyoming , three States which are represented by nine men in Congress , while the District of Columbia remains . 1 unrepresented . In 1948 , the last time the District.
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... facts upon which they can finally work their will . That procedure is , of course , in accordance with the best traditions of America . Mr. RODINO . Mr. Chairman , I concur in the statement which you made wholeheartedly and feel that ...
... facts upon which they can finally work their will . That procedure is , of course , in accordance with the best traditions of America . Mr. RODINO . Mr. Chairman , I concur in the statement which you made wholeheartedly and feel that ...
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... fact as far as I know , with reference to our possessions , commonwealths , or whatever you may call them , aside from Puerto Rico I don't know whether there have been any requests from , say , the Virgin Islands or Guam to be treated ...
... fact as far as I know , with reference to our possessions , commonwealths , or whatever you may call them , aside from Puerto Rico I don't know whether there have been any requests from , say , the Virgin Islands or Guam to be treated ...
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... fact that we had a bill embodying statehood for both ? Could we not have passed this bill with the same dispatch that we pass them individually , were it not for some intrasitu- ation within the Congress ? Senator KEATING . There was a ...
... fact that we had a bill embodying statehood for both ? Could we not have passed this bill with the same dispatch that we pass them individually , were it not for some intrasitu- ation within the Congress ? Senator KEATING . There was a ...
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... fact that I think all will agree that at least in the free countries of the world , those that believe in democracy with the small " d " and the republican form of government , with the small " r , " as we subscribe to it and advance it ...
... fact that I think all will agree that at least in the free countries of the world , those that believe in democracy with the small " d " and the republican form of government , with the small " r , " as we subscribe to it and advance it ...
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86th Congress American citizens Association believe BROYHILL census citizenship Club CONGRESS THE LIBRARY congressional constitutional amendment Dakota Democratic denied discharge petition District of Columbia District residents election electoral college EMANUEL CELLER entitled exclusive legislation exercise favor form of government grant gress hearings HOLTZMAN home rule bill House Joint Resolution House of Representatives impotency Joint Resolution 529 Judiciary Committee legislatures LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Maryland McCULLOCH MEADER ment MULTER Nation's Capital national representation number of Delegates number of electors participate political population President and Vice presidential electors principle privilege proposed amendment question ratified representation in Congress Republican right to vote S.J. Res seat of government self-government Senate Joint Resolution Senator KEATING Senator RANDOLPH South Dakota Stat statehood statement subcommittee suffrage taxation without representation taxes territory Thank tion U.S. SENATOR United Vice President Virginia voice vote for President voting rights Washington West Virginia Women
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Página 33 - The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State...
Página 25 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 87 - Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma...
Página 137 - ... they will have had their voice in the election of the government -which is to exercise authority over them; as a municipal legislature for local purposes derived from their own suffrages will of course be allowed them...
Página 101 - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Página 86 - Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia...
Página 101 - Government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the National Councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the Government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy.
Página 104 - As this is a departure, for a special purpose, from the general principles of our system, it may merit consideration whether an arrangement better adapted to the principles of our Government and to the particular interests of the people may not be devised which will neither infringe the Constitution nor affect the object which the provision in question was intended to secure.
Página 25 - ... President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. SECTION...
Página 89 - ... Several important considerations have been touched in the course of these papers, which discountenance the supposition, that the operation of the federal government will by degrees prove fatal to the state governments. The more I revolve the subject, the more fully I am persuaded that the balance is much more likely to be disturbed by the preponderancy of the last than of the first scale.