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| Area | 68. This is a complete list of congressional districts by area for current representation in the United States House of Representatives. 3 mi² |
| Population (2000) | 572,059 |
| Median income | $40,127 |
| Ethnic composition | 30. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 8% White, 60. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. 0% Black, 2. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse 7% Asian, 2. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian 4% Hispanic, 0. Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically 3% Native American, 3. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States 8% other |
| Occupation | 16. 3% blue collar, 72. 5% white collar, 11. White-collar worker refers to a salaried professional or an educated Worker who performs semi-professional office administrative and sales coordination tasks as opposed to 2% gray collar |
| Cook PVI | D+39 |
Since, according to the U.S. Constitution, only states may be represented in Congress, the District of Columbia has no voting representative. Grey-collar refers to the balance of employed people not classified as white- or blue collar. The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Instead, D. C. elects a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. A Delegate to Congress is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected from a U The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Unlike residents of U. S. territories, who also elect non-voting delegates to Congress, residents of D. C. pay federal income tax, which in the view of many residents subjects them to "taxation without representation". " No taxation without representation " began as a Slogan in the period 1763–1776 that summarized a primary grievance of the British Colonists
Despite lacking full voting privileges on the House floor, delegates are voting members of House committees and they lobby their Congressional colleagues regarding the District's interests. A Congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress In January 2007, the House adopted HRes 78, which permits delegates to cast non-binding floor votes when the House was operating in the Committee of the Whole, a procedure that last existed from 1993-1995. In the United States House of Representatives, the Committee of the Whole, short for Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union is a parliamentary device
Delegates from the District of Columbia to the United States House of Representatives
| Delegate | Party | Years served |
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| Norton P. Chipman | Republican | 1871 – 1875 |
| Position eliminated in 1875; restored in 1971. Norton Parker Chipman ( March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer military prosecutor politician | ||
| Walter E. Fauntroy | Democratic | 1971 – 1991 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | 1991 – present |