Thanks for your help
2006-06-27 17:48:24 · 30 answers · asked by mona 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Washington, D.C.
None. Washington DC (District of Columbia) is an autonomous district (the D in DC) that lies between Virginia and Maryland.
2006-06-27 17:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by m137pay 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Washington DC in not in any State. It happens that the District falls between the states of Virginia and Maryland.
2006-06-28 01:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DCBob's answer is AWESOME! And for the people who said "dumb question," well, you'd be really surprised how many people DON'T know this. Maybe if everyone really knew DC is not a state, they'd also know we have no voting rights in Congress (our one Congresswoman goes to session but can't vote on bills), no Senators to look after our interests, and no voice in Government other than our 2 little Electoral College votes... even though we pay Federal income tax just like everyone else!
Thank you for posting this question and if the fact that we get no representation bothers you, tell your Congressman how you feel!
2006-06-29 17:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington D.C. is not in a state, although it is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac river. The Founding Fathers thought that putting it in a state would bring that state too much political clout.
2006-06-28 00:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by Casey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington D.C. lies in no state and is a U.S. Territory just like Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, among others. Like these territories, D.C. has a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives. There is a movement to give D.C., a city of more than 300,000 residents, voting representation in the House of Representatives, possibly even representation in the Senate, but a vote in the House is more likely. D.C.'s license plates currently say "taxation without representation" in protest of the lack of voting representation in Congress. This is especially important given Congress's special influence over D.C.'s local policies. D.C. is the only U.S. territory that has to pay federal income taxes, despite its not having a vote in the House, which levies those taxes. D.C. does, however, have 3 electoral votes in the presidential election.
2006-06-28 18:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by Omar Y. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DC stands for District of Columbia. It's not in any state at all. If I remember my history correctly from grade school, it was decided to put the seat of our country's government in a non-state.
2006-06-28 00:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington, District of Columbia, is not in any state. That is why the license plates say "Taxation without representation"--because they're not a state the residents aren't represented in congress!
2006-06-28 00:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. Tyrrell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington DC is in the state of disarray!
2006-06-28 00:58:45 · answer #8 · answered by Susan B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The District of Columbia
2006-06-28 00:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by Not Tellin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not in a state it is referred to as the District of Columbia.
2006-06-28 00:52:29 · answer #10 · answered by The Guru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋