'Taxation Without Representation'

D.C. residents may need to get their license plates changed if a bill passes giving the Nation's Capital its first-ever House of Representatives seat. While D.C. does is technically represented in the House, it is by a non-voting delegate. The new bill will change the requirement to allow a seat in the House to be filled where D.C. can have voting representation.

Currently, it is very common to see D.C. license plates with a 'Taxation Without Representation' on the bottom of the plate. The first plates were issued in 2000 and President Clinton even had the plates put on his presidential limousine -- though Bush took them off when he got into office.
Reaching back into fifth grade U.S. History, you may remember hearing the term, "Taxation Without Representation" -- it was one of the primary grievances the colonists had with their British counterparts.
D.C. has come a long way -- residents weren't even allowed to vote in a presidential election until 1964. Hopefully it will soon gain the Congressional representation it deserves.
~ Kat