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D.C. Taxation Without Representation flag (U.S.)

by Phil Nelson

Proposal abandoned December 2003

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

There is a movement in the DC to change the DC Flag as shown here. Another proposal does not show any lettering on the central star. DC is protesting the fact that it has no voting representatives in Congress. It's a reference to the fact that the citizens enjoy some lesser rights than those who live in Maryland or Virginia. The phrase is currently on the DC license plates.
Phil Nelson, 21 May 2002

Some additional and legal information follows. This is primarily a "protest flag" and designed as a "temporary measure". Since government moves so swiftly... well it could last a long time.

The bill is B14-0647 and is next scheduled before the committee for a public hearing on June 14 and introduced on April 16. Council-members Phil Mendelson, Sharon Ambrose, Harold Brazil, David Catania, Kevin Chavous, Jim Graham, Jack Evans, Adrian Fenty, and Chairperson Linda Cropp introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee.

To promote the cause of full voting representation for the citizens of the District of Columbia in the United States Congress by redesigning the flag of the District of Columbia to include the words "DC" and "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" within the flag.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the &