District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...

The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a United States federal law passed on December 24, 1973, which devolved certain congressional powers of the...

grant home rule. The District of Columbia has a limited form of home rule granted by the Federal Government; see District of Columbia home rule for details...

occupant of that position. In 1973, Congress enacted the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, providing for an elected mayor and 13-member district council...

The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home...

District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 History of Washington, D.C. District of Columbia home rule Tindall, William (1909). Origin and government of...

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...

demands of local residents and enacted the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, providing for an elected mayor and the 13-member Council of the District of Columbia...

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called the "Fourth Home Rule Act" District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a 1973 act of the United States Congress 1979 Greenlandic home rule referendum, on greater...

reconciliation process), the Congressional Review Act and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Since debate on such measures ends without cloture being...

District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...

Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state...

Fauntroy, Michael K. Home Rule or House Rule: Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia (University Press of America, 2003) Gilbert...

Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...

administrative structure began in earnest after the passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. A merger of the institutions was approved in 1975, and on August...

outnumber Republicans in the District of Columbia. No Republican has ever been elected mayor since District of Columbia home rule began in 1975. The DC Republicans...

coterminous with the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States. The enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973 provided...

in the city regardless of the location it took place. Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, whenever the President of the United States determines...

the District of Columbia Home Rule Act allowed for District residents to elect their own mayor. Currently, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is popularly...

The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...

1973, the District of Columbia Home Rule Act allowed the residents to elect a mayor and the 13-member Council of the District of Columbia. In 1938 however...

an overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia: Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was...

enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973, white people have had a "plan to take back" the black-majority city and the offices of the local...

for a mandatory 30-day review period, in accordance with the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. On February 24, 2015, Representatives Jason Chaffetz and...

gay men. In 1973, Congress again granted the district home rule through the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. It provided for a new city council that...

The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the local public school system for Washington, D.C. It is distinct from the District of Columbia Public...

for statehood alongside the House delegate. The enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973 provided for an elected mayor for the first...

a third term in the city's history. The District of Columbia Home Rule Act states that "not more than two of the at-large members shall be nominated by...

amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the rules regarding the determination of the compensation of the Chief Financial Officer of the District...