Food for thought: The District of Columbia’s 700,000 residents (larger in number than Vermont and Wyoming) have no voting representation in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
These residents pay more in federal taxes than 23 states, serve on juries and in the military, but laws and budgets for the district must be approved by Congress, where D.C. residents don’t have a vote. When the Capitol was attacked on Jan. 6, the District of Columbia was near powerless to defend itself because it lacked the authorities and powers of a state.