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Snowe/Collins vote to give DC a seat

Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins voted last week to give Washington D.C. a representative in the U.S. House. Snowe and Collins were two of only six Republicans to support the measure. The New York Times reports that a similar bill is certain to pass the House and that President Barack Obama has indicated he will sign it. However, the measure will end up in court as part of a Constitutional battle over whether DC can be granted a representative even though it is not a state. The Senate version also gave Utah another seat, which would increase the size of the House from 435 to 437. Did Snowe and Collins do the right thing?

Statehouse reporter Susan Cover plumbs the depths of Maine politics to bring you the scoop on candidates, elected officials, parties and rainmakers.

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