ACS is pleased to distribute an Issue Brief by Richard P. Bress and Lori Alvino McGill, both of Latham & Watkins LLP, entitled "Congressional Authority to Extend Voting Representation to the Citizens of the District of Columbia: The Constitutionality of H.R. 1905." In this Issue Brief, Bress and McGill argue that H.R. 1905, The District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007, which would grant a House seat to the District and an additional House seat to Utah, is constitutional. Noting that “[t]he United States is the only democratic nation that deprives the residents of its capital city of voting representation in its national legislature,” Bress and McGill look to the intent of the Framers of the Constitution, the language of the Constitution and the relevant case law to support their position and respond to contrary arguments set forth in a recent Congressional Research Service report. The authors conclude, “Far from being prohibited by the Constitution, the D.C. Voting Rights bill is legislative action that the Framers would have expected and embraced as fulfilling their democratic vision for the Nation.”