Fenty Meets with Leadership on Voting Rights

June 7, 2007 - 5:42am

Senator Joe Lieberman with Mayor Adrian Fenty. (Mark Segraves/WTOP Photo)

Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON - An historic meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday as District leaders met with the Senate majority leader about possible voting rights in the nation's capital.

Majority leader Harry Reid told Mayor Adrian Fenty he is committed to bringing the D.C. voting rights bill to a vote in the full Senate, possibly as early as July.

The bill, already approved by the House, would give District residents a full vote in the House of Representatives. It would also create a fourth House seat, which would be drawn by the Utah state legislature.

As for the chances of passage in the Senate -- Reid and Senator Joe Lieberman say they don't have the 60 votes needed to block a possible filibuster, and don't have all the Democrats lined up yet. But Reid says there is bi-partisan support for the bill.

Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON - An historic meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday as District leaders met with the Senate majority leader about possible voting rights in the nation's capital.

Majority leader Harry Reid told Mayor Adrian Fenty he is committed to bringing the D.C. voting rights bill to a vote in the full Senate, possibly as early as July.

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