(07-10-2020 09:42 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(07-10-2020 09:56 AM)mrbig Wrote:  3 - does Congress always have the best interests of DC residents in mind when it governs DC?

I'd say....
3) No.... but they don't have the best interests of ANY single area in mind when they govern. That's the whole point of Congress. They all have SOME interest in DC, which generally isn't true of any other place in the nation.... maybe NYC.

I'm kind of done with the topic. Only thing I wanted to clarify is that while Congress has some interest in the entire nation, DC is really the only place where they make laws specifically for that local community. Every other law is nation-wide. And DC is the only local community for which there is not voting representation in Congress (other than the territories).

Thank you for having a reasonable tone with your responses.