Technically yes, because they can sit on committees and introduce legislation. But with the inability to vote, I would argue that they don’t have real control over how the federal government impacts them. DC does still have local legislatures, but that of course doesn’t matter if a federal law overrules a local law.
Didn’t you kick us out and ruin some perfectly good tea over something something representation?
And ironically, Washington, DC has no representation, so they’ve fucked it on many fronts!
DC does have representation in Congress, just not voting power.
Check out this section: Does Washington, DC have representation in Congress? https://statehood.dc.gov/page/faq
Is that really representation? You might as well be watching a live stream at that point.
Technically yes, because they can sit on committees and introduce legislation. But with the inability to vote, I would argue that they don’t have real control over how the federal government impacts them. DC does still have local legislatures, but that of course doesn’t matter if a federal law overrules a local law.
TIL! As a not American I obviously don’t dig super deep into these things.