The District of Columbia government consists of a mayor and a city council. The current mayor, as of 10/14/2007, is a gentleman named Adrian Fenty. Congress, per the U.S. Constitution, Article. 1., Section 8., "...exercise[s] exclusive Legislation...over...[the] District."
The Constitution grants Congress the power to exercise exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia in Article I, Section 8, Clause 17. This clause, often referred to as the "District Clause" or "Enclave Clause," allows Congress to make laws and govern the district as it sees fit.
On Feb. 20, 1839, Congress passed legislation barring the practice of dueling in the District of Columbia.
The University of the District of Columbia is located in the state of District of Columbia.
District of Columbia
The U.S. Constitutionprovided for a federal districtunder the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District of Columbia is therefore not a part of any U.S. state.
The U.S. Constitutionprovided for a federal districtunder the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District of Columbia is therefore not a part of any U.S. state.
The District of Columbia was created on July 6, 1790
The abbreviation for District of Columbia is D.C.The standard abberiviation for District of Columbia is DC, like Washington DC.
D.C. is the abbreviation for the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia's At-large congressional district's population is 572,059.
District of Columbia