WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has set a preliminary vote for Feb. 24 on legislation to grant the District of Columbia full voting representation in the House of Representatives.
The nation's capital currently has a nonvoting representative in the House.
The proposal would also grant Utah an additional seat in the House until 2012, when it would be reassigned on the basis of the 2010 census.
The House currently allows the District of Columbia's representative to vote on amendments to legislation, but not on final passage.
The bill would not give the capital representation in the Senate.
It would take 60 votes to advance.
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