District of Columbia at-large congressional district

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The District of Columbia at-large congressional district is the non-voting U.S. House of Representatives seat that represents the entire federal district of Washington, D.C.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional district
non-voting congressional district
ballotLabel Delegate for the District of Columbia
canIntroduceLegislation yes
canServeOnCommittees yes
canVoteInCommittee yes
canVoteOnHouseFloor no
country United States of America
createdBy District of Columbia Delegate Act ONNED1
Public Law 91-405 ONNED1
currentRepresentative Eleanor Holmes Norton ONNED1
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ONNED1
currentRepresentativeResidence Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
districtFormat single at-large district
electionCycle every even-numbered year
electsShadowRepresentativeSeparately yes
electsShadowSenatorsSeparately yes
firstCongressRepresented 92nd United States Congress ONNED1
firstDelegateSeated Eleanor Holmes Norton NERFINISHED
firstElectionHeld 1971
geographicCoverage entire District of Columbia
governingLawJurisdiction federal law of the United States
hasAdvocacyFocus D.C. statehood
voting rights for D.C. residents
hasCapitalCity Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
hasElectorate residents of the District of Columbia
hasFullFloorVotingRights no
hasNoElectoralCollegeAllocationFromSeat yes
hasNoElectoralVoteInHouse yes
hasNonVotingStatusSetBy U.S. Constitution and federal statute
hasNoVotingSenators yes
hasRepresentativeTitle Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
hasShadowSenatorsAssociated yes
hasVotingStatus non-voting delegate
isComparableTo non-voting delegates from U.S. territories
isFederalDistrictRepresentation yes
isNonStateRepresentation yes
isPartOf federal representation structure of the United States
isSubjectToApportionment no
isUniqueFeature only non-state with a House delegate representing a federal district
legallyEstablished 1970
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
numberOfHouseSeats 1
officeTermLength 2 years
represents District of Columbia NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C. ONNED1
seatType at-large congressional district

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Capitol Hill neighborhood locatedInCongressionalDistrict District of Columbia at-large congressional district
Eleanor Holmes Norton electoral district District of Columbia at-large congressional district