Apparently, the Democrats think that the perfect reward for a district that keeps voting for people so horribly incompetent that they can't be trusted to run their own local municipal affairs without Congressional oversight is... um... allowing them a voice in screwing up national affairs:
After more than 200 years of paying taxes, fighting in the nation's wars and abiding by sometimes arbitrary acts of Congress, Washington residents are close to getting a full-fledged representative in the House.The turning point in this long battle for enfranchisement may be an unlikely partnership with the people of Utah.
The new Democratic majority, in the first months of the new Congress, is expected to take up a bill that would increase the voting membership of the House from 435 to 437, giving new vote each to Utah, a Republican stronghold, and the District of Columbia, dominated by Democrats.
Of course, it has nothing to do with them electing irresponsible corrupt crackheads over and over and over... it's racist against blacks:
Ilir Zherka, executive director of DC Vote, an advocacy group seeking voting representation in the House and Senate, said racist attitudes toward Washington, with its heavily black population since the Civil War, long have been a factor, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s when the demands for equal rights and statehood became more vocal in the city.
Strange... I thought cocaine was white.
Maybe when D.C. gets wiped off the face of the earth by Iran, the U.S. will build a new capitol somewhat more centrally located that doesn't turn into a gigantic housing project that makes New Orleans look well-managed.