As a Washingtonian - Veteran - and Resident, I ask will DC obtain Congressional Representation?

"Those on the other side cited Article I, Section 8, which empowers Congress to "exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the district chosen to be the national capital.  Constitutional scholars, they say, agree that gives Congress the right to give the district a vote.  They add that D.C. residents pay federal taxes and serve in the military and that the courts have long considered the district equivalent to a state in matters such as interstate commerce, taxation and criminal matters.   D.C. residents have had the right to vote in presidential elections since the 23rd Amendment was ratified in 1961."