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Yesterday was an opportunity for D.C. residents -- who have no voting voice in Congress -- to speak out. Soaked and windblown, they marched to the Capitol to support a bill that would finally give the District a full-fledged vote in the House. Here's what some of them said.
Daisy Savage, 68
Retired Blue Cross worker, Petworth:
"We want something for our taxes . And it's long overdue."
Ricardo Reinoso, 34
Music industry executive, Northwest Washington:
"We are fighting a war in Iraq for democracy there, but we don't have democracy here."
Ayo Handy
D.C. activist dressed as a slave in chains:
"It was very important for people to see that even though on this day -- April 16, 1862 -- we were emancipated, we are still not free until we free D.C."
The Rev. Scott Alexander, 58
Minister at River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda, resident of D.C.:
