Key Votes
HR 1905 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 23, 2007 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- April 19, 2007 House Bill Passed
- April 18, 2007 Introduced
Family
- HR 1905 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007
- A 160A - Relating to Alcoholic Beverage Control
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - May 23, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (241-177) - April 19, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007
Vote to pass a bill that provides for two additional members of the House of Representatives, including a voting member for the District of Columbia.
- Allows the District of Columbia to be considered a congressional district for the purpose of voting representation in the House of Representatives (Sec. 2).
- Determines that the House of Representatives will consist of 437 members, starting with the 110th Congress (Sec. 3).
- Calls for the president to revise the statement of apportionment and submit it to Congress within 30 days (Sec. 3).
- Requires the clerk of the House of Representatives to use the revised statement of apportionment in order to notify the executive of each state of the number of Representatives the state is entitled to receive, within 15 days of receiving the report from the president, and must report which state receives an additional seat to Congress (Sec. 3).
- Determines that the state receiving the additional Representative must elect this member from the state at large, while electing its other Representatives based on the congressional districts already in effect (Sec. 3).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 18, 2007
Title: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Davis III (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
