CQPolitics.com - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee by a 12-5 vote approved S 1257 to give the District of Columbia a full voting member in the House. The bill also would give Utah a fourth congressional district, beginning in the 2008 election. It would permanently expand House membership to 437 and provide Utah an additional Electoral College vote, bringing the total votes to 539.
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June 13th, 2007
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