At Start of Federal Tax Filing Season, Norton Reminds the Public that D.C. Residents Still Live Under Taxation Without Representation

Statement

As the federal tax filing season kicks off today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reminded the American public that the District of Columbia pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes overall than 21 states, but that D.C. residents do not have the voting representation in Congress or the full local self-government accorded to residents of the 50 states. Norton said that the remedy is for the Senate to pass her House-passed D.C. statehood bill.

"Today, D.C. residents can begin filing their federal tax returns, but still do not have voting representation in Congress," Norton said. ""No taxation without representation' was the slogan that gave birth to the nation itself and should particularly apply to the citizens of the nation's capital today. The House passed my D.C. statehood bill for the second time in history last April, and today I call on the Senate to pass the bill and finally give the same rights other Americans have to the residents of our nation's capital."

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