Katie Tobin
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Might Clinton, Biden, Derail D.C. Vote Bill?
THE LAST SITTING SENATOR to be elected president was John F. Kennedy in 1960. Since then, plenty have tried and all have failed.
This year, the ambitions of senators could end up ruining the one good shot legislation to give the District a full and equal vote in the House has at surviving a vote in the full U.S. Senate. Why? Potential supporters, such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, could be somewhere out on the 2008 campaign trail rather than on the Senate floor.
As The Post's Mary Beth Sheridan reports, an initial Senate vote on the D.C. voting rights bill is slated for Tuesday:
The vote will be a key gauge of the bill's support. If its backers can line up the 60 senators necessary to proceed, they would put the measure on track for a floor vote. They would also show they might be able to fend off delaying tactics by opponents as the legislation moves forward.But if there aren't enough votes, hopes of pushing the legislation in an already packed agenda might be quashed.
According to washingtonpost.com's Campaign Tracker, Obama is currently scheduled to be in the nation's capital for a fundraiser at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The Tracker has yet to pinpoint where other candidates will be next week. Will they stay in town to shepherd the D.C. vote bill? Stay tuned...
» "D.C. Voting Rights in Senate's Hands" [WaPo]
» "Events on September 18, 2007" [Campaign Tracker/WaPo]
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