Word: district
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...citizens and residents of the state they sought to represent.*Now that the shoo is on the other foot, Powell contends that Congress has no constitutional right to deny him his own seat in Congress. Last week his suit based on this argument was thrown out of Federal District Court in Washington...
Confronted with continual Congressional opposition to a home rule bill for the District of Columbia, President Johnson has now made his own proposal to replace the city's present three-man Board of Commissioners. The measure differs significantly from traditional home-rule proposals, which would give Washington citizens the right to elect their own city government...
Under the President's scheme, he would appoint a single commissioner and a nine-man council. Johnson has also promised to introduce a constitutional amendment to give the District a voting member in the House and "such additional representatives in the House and Senate as Congress from time to time may provide...
...citizens have every reason to want complete home-rule. Self-government at the local level is a fundamental right which should not be denied 800,000 citizens. A locally elected mayor and city council would be better informed and more responsive to the needs of the District than an appointed council. Moreover, the President's plan would not free District government budgets from control by the Southern-dominated House District Committee and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The appointed council would still be faced with the meager appropriations that have stymied efforts to solve some of the city...
They had a powerful ally in the Metropolitan Board of Trade, which virtually controls the city through its influence and dealings with the House District Committee, and does not wish to lose its control. Moreover, the businesses represented on the Board of Trade fear a rise in local taxes--among the lowest in the area--if a local government raised its budget in order to improve schools and welfare services...