Talk:Paul Strauss

I don't understand
What is a shadow senator? As a Brit' I just don't udnerstand this term - we need some explanation and some more bio details please. Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 08:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

A Shadow Senator is someone who does not actually hold any political power, but is there purely as a voice of the people. A Shadow Senator does not vote in the Senate but is allowed to state his opinion on the matter. Senator Strauss, and citizens of DC are currently campaigning to get an actual voting position- starting in the House. Check out the article on Shadow Senator that Wikipedia has, it is pretty good.

Who Decides the Status of "Shadow Senator"?
Who decides that someone is the "Shadow Senator" of the District of Columbia? Such a status implies a failure to comprehend the constitutional structure of our government. The district is reserved for the seat of the government of the United States, and it is intended by the Constitution to give Congress a place to operate without being influenced by state concerns, jealousies, or prejudices. While it might be possible to reduce the size of the District of Columbia, and make part of it a state, the Constitution requires that there be a federal district that is not part of any state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.13.4.81 (talk) 15:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * United States Senators are employees of the United States federal government. Shadow Senators are not. Shadow senators perform unpaid work for the government of the District of Columbia. Note that the District of Columbia is not the first non-state to have shadow senators. United States territories have had shadow senators prior to their admission as states. ...Regardless, the talk page of this article is intended to discuss the Wikipedia article, not to debate the concept of shadow senators. Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Charges Section
I have readded the section on Strauss's charges, as it appears to be correctly formatted and sourced. If there are problems with the information, please discuss it here on the talk page. I am aware the discussion section was deleted once before, please do not remove talk page discussions. Dayewalker (talk) 19:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Article needs a re-write
Beyond linking to the article on shadow senator, the lengthy explanations of what a shadow senator is and does belong in an article on that subject not in this BLP. --Cameron Scott (talk) 08:22, 5 May 2009 (UTC)