There is currently legislation working it's way through Congress that would give Washington, D.C. a voting Representative in the House of Representatives. Nothing wrong with that except, that it's being done because Washington, D.C. is heavily Democratic and the Representative would likely be a Democrat.. The next step will probably be to give Washington, D.C. two Senators, like all the rest of the States. But, wait, Washington, D.C. isn't a State. Exactly! In May of 1787, 55 men met in Philadelphia to work on a Constitution for the United States. Among them were giants among men like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Rutledge, Alexander Hamilton, & George Mason, just some of this nation's Founding Fathers. They produced our Constitution during that convention. Article I, Section 8 set up a seat for the National Government that was not to be a State or part of one. Article I, Section 2 specifically states that the Representatives shall come from the "Several States", not from the seat of the National Government. Why is Congress trying to pass this unconstitutional legislation. Because it is controlled by Democrats and they want to add to their power. How many are aware that the Republicans, while they were in power in Congress never attempted this. The proper way to give representation to D.C. would be to amend the Constitution. This was tried in 1978 when Congress was also controlled by Democrats. It passed the Congress and needed 38 states to ratify it for it to take effect. Know how many states ratified it? 16. It failed. Representatives and Senators swear to uphold the Constitution when they are sworn in. Democrats only uphold the Constitution when it suits their agenda, otherwise is it just something that keeps getting in their way.