Cheh, others arrested during Capitol Hill protest

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Source: Washington Post blog

D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) and several other women were arrested Wednesday evening when they blocked Constitution Avenue a short time after the House of Representatives voted to permanently ban the District’s use of tax dollars to pay for abortions for low-income residents. Cheh was released about 11 p.m.

The arrests occurred after several prominent District women, including Council members Yvette D. Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), Maudine Cooper, president of the Greater Washington Urban League, and Patrice Sulton of the DC NAACP, held a rally at Upper Senate Park next to the U.S. Capitol in support of District autonomy.

After a series of speakers blasted Congress for meddling and undermining Home Rule in the city, After the speeches, she grabbed the microphone and told the crowd “it’s time to take it to the streets.”

“Its time to show we are not going to be humiliated,” Cheh said. “We are not going to crouch.Who is going to stand with me for freedom?”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/post/cheh-others-arrested-during-capitol-hill-protest/2011/05/04/AFBdbXrF_blog.html

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DC's colonial status must end

[sinkingfeeling]

1. "..permanently ban"? Nothing in polictics is permanent.

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2. As opposed to "ban with a sunset" (nt)

[mountainlion55]

3. Religion

responsible for more human suffering then any other single idea in the history of humanity.:smoke:

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4. It's not just abortion though

Congress overrides DC's government at its whim all the time.

[orangeapple]

5. yeah, it's called the Constitution

to wit, Article I, Section 8:

"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States..."

D.C. belongs to Congress. There were concerns about the impact of a 'Federal City', and so, by subjugating it to Congress it was subservient to the States.

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6. Wow, thanks, I'd never read Article I, Section 8 before!

:sarcasm:

I never said it was unconstitutional, I said it was colonial, undemocratic, and wrong.

[orangeapple]

7. actually, you said

"Congress overrides DC's government at its whim all the time"

Now, you may think that is 'colonial, undemocratic, and wrong', yet it is the law of the land. Been that way for well over 200 years, and ANYONE that doesn't like it can leave D.C.

I'm curious, how do you feel when Congress 'overrides the State governments at its whim all the time'?

Which side of the 10th amendment would you place yourself on?

[mountainlion55]

8. Good point

but the current rulers are still asses:yoiks: