I saw that kos wrote about DC getting representation in Congress. In return - Utah gets an extra represantative to "balance things out"
Full text of the original proposal here. (although I don't see a mention of Utah it must have been added in committee)
As this has moved the committees, I got to thinking about the effect this would have on the Electoral College.
From http://www.archives.gov/...
DC would still have 3 votes:
Thus, every state has at least 3 electoral votes, because the Constitution grants each State two Senators and at least one Representative. In addition to the 535 electoral votes divided among the States, the District of Columbia has three electoral votes because the 23rd Amendment granted it the same number of votes as the least populated State.
But Utah would gain 1 vote as they currently have 5:
One of the primary functions of the Census is to reapportion the 435 members of the House of Representatives among the States, based on the current population. The reapportionment of the House determines the division of electoral votes among the States. In the Electoral College, each State gets one electoral vote for each of its Representatives in the House, and one electoral vote for each of its two Senators.
So the cagey Republicans who are voting for the proposal are voting giving themselves an extra Electoral vote, assuming Utah continues to vote Red...
I imagine Bush/Rove won't be against it, once they figure that out.