Senate Backs D.C. Voting Rights, But Some Local Activists Call for Statehood

Friday, February 27, 2009 :The District of Columbia has moved a step closer to getting a vote in the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the Senate voted 61-to-37 to expand the size of the House by two seats, giving Washington, D.C. a single seat and giving Utah a fourth seat. We host a debate between D.C. Vote's Eugene Dewitt Kinlow, who calls the Senate's vote as a historic victory, and Anise Jenkins of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC, who opposes the bill because it falls short of making Washington, D.C. the nation's fifty-first state. [includes rush transcript]