Utah and Washington D.C.

I find the art of hiding legislation within legislation appalling. You know, when congress comes up with a real lemon, which fails the vote miserably and hides it in the tail end at the last minute of a real good piece of legislation?
One of two things happen in this case...
a) the bill passes, bringing the lemon into law, even after they couldn't pass it by itself
b) the bill fails, taking the good legislation down with the lemon
NEITHER of these scenarios are good, and neither SHOULD happen.

Well, there is this bill, (H.R. 1905)/(S. 1257), that could come again to a vote (some time in February, I believe). This bill wants to grant Utah another House seat, but it would also grant a House seat to "Washington D.C.".
This would clearly violate the Constitution which sets the District as being DISTINCT from the States. Granting Washington D.C. a Seat in the House would equalize the District with the States, negating the whole purpose of the District, namely to give our government a politically NEUTRAL area in which to do business, to provide for their own protection, and to be self reliant, instead of obtaining support from any one state. Granting any "state rights" to the District will remove its impartiality.

There are a lot of other really good arguments against letting Washington D.C. gain its own seat in the House, and many of them make themselves immediately apparent when you read the Wikipedia entry on Washington D.C....

The Constitution is the limiting factor, and any change to the status of Washington D.C. would require a Constitutional Amendment. This should never be taken lightly.
The argument about Taxation without Representation is valid, and because we cannot grant Representation to the District, it is a good argument to go to a Straight Federal Sales Tax. (FairTax.org)...this solves the problem of taxation while honoring the Constitution.
Changing the status of Washington D.C. would have far reaching and devastating effects on our Country. This change alone would grant the Government representation of itself, giving power and authority to act to itself, when that power and authority ultimately lies within The People, not the Government. It would be a spontanieous usurpation of power FROM the People, setting the Government above the People.

This legislation must not pass.