What Gives This Year?

What in the heck are politicians - from both parties, no less - trying to pass laws that directly attempt to bypass the constitution? The Washington Post reports a plan to introduce a law to give the District of Columbia voting representation in the Congress. This, of course directly goes against the constitution which says the Congress has sole authority over the District.

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;– (Article 1, Section

The District is not a state and was not meant to be one. It took a constitutional amendment to even grant the District electors in the Presidential election:

AMENDMENT XXIII

Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.

Section 1.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

On top of this they just want to unilaterally give Utah an extra congressman - in violoation of the way these seats are supposed to be allocated.

Pu this on top of the attempted end-run around the electoral college and we're seeing a really bad trend in government here. I don't know about you, but I do not like lawmakers going around the constitution of the United States. At all.