Apparently D.C. is getting tired of just waiting for President Obama to go back to the pre-Bush era of Presidential license plates. In case you missed it in 2001, one of President Bush's first acts in office was to remove the infamous "taxation without representation" from his Presidential limo. Now supporters of D.C. voting rights are getting impatient that President Obama hasn't stepped up to show his support by outfitting his ride with the DC plates. And D.C. thought that just because they voted 92.9% for Obama that he would show them the love.
So they've asked, they've begged, and now the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee has gone so far as to pass a resolution to formally request that President Barack Obama place the “Taxation Without Representation” license plate on the presidential limousine.
As the Washington Post has pointed out recently, D.C. could use a little help from the Prez. With the D.C. Voting Rights Act stalled in Congress, a little push from the White House could help shake things up. But with other legislative priorities from Sotomayor's nomination to preparations for the fight for universal health care, it seems D.C. voting rights has slipped off the President's agenda. Maybe if D.C. had a voting member, they'd be able to help out with some of Obama's legislation.
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Great post. When they issued the Guam quarter, DC was included along with it, as part of the territory collection. The six coin proof that includes District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands.
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