WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The advocacy group DC Vote will lead residents of Washington, DC and a coalition of local and national organizations in a rally at the White House this Saturday, June 25.
Organizers are reacting to a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee today that would prohibit District of Columbia officials from using local tax revenue to operate a Medicaid program that covers abortion, providing low-income women equal access to the service. Rally participants plan to send a message to President Obama that he must stand up for DC against these attacks on local democracy.
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) offered an amendment that would have allowed DC to use local funds for Medicaid abortion, but it was defeated in a party line vote.
DC's non-voting delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton will speak at the rally, as well as representatives from a wide range of interest groups that have joined DC Vote in advocating for DC Home Rule and voting rights. Though DC residents support the federal government by paying federal income tax, they have no voting representative in Congress and have no local officials that can legislate without congressional approval.
Who: DC residents, led by DC Vote and a coalition of local and national organizations
What: Rally at the White House to ask President Obama to stand up for DC
When: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
11:15 a.m. DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton addresses the rally after welcome and invocation
1:00 p.m. Rally concludes, followed by civil disobedience actions on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House
Where: Lafayette Square Park, 16th & H St NW
For more information, visit www.dcvote.org.
SOURCE DC Vote
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