Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives include non-voting delegates and resident commissioners. They are non-voting members who are elected from a U.S. territory or from Washington, D.C., to a two-year term. While unable to vote in the full House, a non-voting member may vote in a House committee of which the delegate is a member. Historically, representatives were sent from territories before they became full states. A member was sent from the Philippines until the country gained independence in 1946. Since 1993, the rules governing the rights of non-voting member have changed three times and currently representatives enjoy extra rights that they historically did not have. The lack of voting rights of non-voting member has been the source of controversy, most notably in Washington D.C., where the current license plate bears the text "Taxation without Representation"."@en }
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- Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives abstract "Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives include non-voting delegates and resident commissioners. They are non-voting members who are elected from a U.S. territory or from Washington, D.C., to a two-year term. While unable to vote in the full House, a non-voting member may vote in a House committee of which the delegate is a member. Historically, representatives were sent from territories before they became full states. A member was sent from the Philippines until the country gained independence in 1946. Since 1993, the rules governing the rights of non-voting member have changed three times and currently representatives enjoy extra rights that they historically did not have. The lack of voting rights of non-voting member has been the source of controversy, most notably in Washington D.C., where the current license plate bears the text "Taxation without Representation".".