How Far Will Republicans Go to Actively Deny Voting Rights to 600,000 Americans?

On Wednesday, the House Administration Committee approved a bill that would put statues of two Washington, DC heroes in the U.S. Capitol. The seemingly benign bill was actually approved on strictly party lines, having been met with fierce opposition by the committee's top Republican, Dan Lungren (CA-3), and his colleagues.

Why, you ask? Because giving DC two statues in the capitol would mean that it has as many statues as each of the 50 U.S. states, which implies that it is equal to the states. Which, of course, it's not. Because DC residents have no voice in the federal government. And Republicans certainly want things to stay that way.

Earlier this year, the district came seemingly closer than ever before to getting at least a vote for their current "delegate," Eleanor Holmes-Norton. But that bill, which was already turned into a compromise granting an extra Representative to Utah (read: a Republican to balance the DC Democrat), was then smacked with a Republican amendment easing gun restrictions in the District, one of the most crime-heavy cities in the country. Indeed, Senator John Ensign, adulterer of Las Vegas, NV, knows what's best for DC gun laws.