"This is one of the last chances the Republicans have to be a truly national party ... I talk to members of Congress about this and they literally walk away, saying the bill is unconstitutional. Unconstitutional? They voted for the Patriot Act! A presidential veto on this would consign the Republican Party in perpetuity to 8 to 10 percent of the black vote," - Jack Kemp on Republican efforts to scotch giving D.C. residents the right to vote for a member of Congress.