Washington DC is like your
hometown in many ways…
BUT the people who live here are denied rights that you and your neighbors can take for granted.
Our 700,000 residents (more than the population of Wyoming and Vermont) live outside the Federal City with the White House, Capitol, Supreme Court, and National Mall. In our vibrant neighborhoods, we work, play, and raise our families.
Pictured above: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge over the Anacostia River
Credit: District of Columbia Department of Transportation
DC Needs Congress to Act
DC Needs Congress to Act
The DC government is facing almost $1 billion in cuts to vital services because Congress has failed to honor the District of Columbia’s right to the money it collects from DC residents and businesses.
Some Washingtonians work for the federal government, but over 75 percent of us work in our stores, restaurants, schools, hospitals and businesses large and small.
Our residents include people who have recently come from all over the world as well as 5th and 6th generation Washingtonians. Over half of us have lived here more than 20 years.
We are enthusiastic about our professional teams—one for almost every sport. No athletes, however command greater loyalty than the players on our school and Little League teams.
DC is the only city in the United States where local laws and budgets can and have been overturned by Congress—a Congress where we are denied voting representation.
A bill to repeal Home Rule in DC has been introduced by members of the 119th Congress. This legislation would abolish our locally elected government and turn the nation’s capital into a colony.
Resources
Explore this website to learn more about the long and continuing struggle of DC residents to have all the rights enjoyed by citizens in the 50 states.
Photo credits: Brianne Nadeau, Rick Reinhard, DC for Democracy