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From this website: 1. D.C. residents, email newspapers in member districts to tell America that Your Congressman should get to work for their own constituents and leave D.C. to manage its own.
Americans, email, your Congressman to Get Them Back To Your Issues.
Americans call and fax your Congressman to Get Them Back To Your Issues.
Join our list of supporters To Tell Congress to abolish the D.C. subcommittees, resign his seat on any D.C. subcommittees, and support legislation to let D.C. free Congress to work for its constituents not local D.C.; support legislation that promots D.C. autonomy on fiscal, legislative and judicial matters.
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Click here to email now your Congressman and tell Congress to
abolish the D.C. subcommittees, Read more...
resign their seat on any D.C. subcommittees, Read more...
and support legislation to free Congress to work for its constituents, not local D.C. residents Read more..
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Act now DC residents!
Click Below to Tell residents of various Congressional districts through letters to the editor what their Member of Congress is up to:
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Other things You can do:
Link and Learn More About the Issue. Click here for links
Legislation Support. Support Autonomy for D.C.: and advocate for this legislation pending in Congress.
Support Voting Representation in Congress :
"No Taxation Without Representation Act "H.R.1285 (by DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, 2003) "S.716" (companion legislation in the Senate, sponsor: Senator Joe Lieberman (CT) Read more here
Support Budget Autonomy
Tom Davis consolidates power and is sole member of govt oversight committee
Support Legislative Autonomy
Legislation to grant budget autonomy
Governance,
Budget Autonomy Act
read more here and here
the answer: the United States Constitution
Congress interprets the Constitution to give Congress authority to
approve spending not only for the District Federal payments for certain activities, but
also approve the entire budget, for the District including the spending of local funds ($7.4 billion for fiscal year 2003).
Read Their interpretation of congressional authority
Decide for yourself
U.S. Constitution., Article 1 - Section 8, Clause 17
Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
(Clause 17)To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; — And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Read this Interpretation of
Congressional authority to rule D.C.