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.
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.