Should Guam and the other territories also have a representative in the U.S. Senate? That's what a bill by Congressman Michael San Nicolas proposes. The position would be established similar to the current non-voting House delegate.

San Nicolas has introduced the Territorial Representative in the Senate Act, co-sponsored by fellow delegates Gregorio Kilili Sablan of the CNMI, Stacy Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, and Eleanor Holmes-Norton of the District of Columbia.

According to a news release, the bill "Creates in the U.S. Senate the option for each territory to elect a new territorial delegate representative for that body, with functions similar to the current territorial delegate to the House of Representatives."

San Nicolas said that while progress is still needed to secure voting rights in the House, "we must not neglect the fact that there is still ground to be gained by securing territorial representation in the Senate."

Under the measure, the delegate to the Senate would still not have the right to vote, but would otherwise have all the other rights of a Senator. Currently, the Senate is equally divided with 50 democrats and 50 republicans.

Interestingly, the four cosponsors of the San Nicolas measure are Democrats. And the two other territorial representatives who are not cosponsors are Republicans: Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, and Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa. In his release though, San Nicolas did thank them for their support.