Complex sentence: Barbara Lett-Simmons of District of Columbia-abstained from voting instead of voting for Al Gore for President and Joseph Lieberman for Vice President, to protest the lack of Congressional representation for the District of Columbia.
Split into simpler sentences: Barbara Lett-Simmons of District of Columbia-abstained from voting instead of voting for Al Gore for President and Joseph Lieberman for Vice President. Abstained to protest the lack of Congressional representation for the District of Columbia.