Continuing to build momentum inside and outside Congress as we prepare for historic committee and floor votes on HR 51!
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Almost there! Our #DCstatehood bill now has a record 223 cosponsors, more than needed for House passage, and endorsements from 106 national groups to help in the Senate.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/6/dc-officials-activists-ramp-statehood-push/ …
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Excellent! No Taxation Without Representation!
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The D.C. statehood issue is an interesting one constitutionally, and I'm not sure I agree with the cause either way. The whole point of DC was to not have the capital within any one of the states. What if instead we just...
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...gave voting Representation to every US Territory in the House? That way DC (as well as Guam, PR, and the others) would still get to have a voice in the Federal government, but not statehood. Of course that would also probably need a constitutional amendment.
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It will never pass the senate and
@SpeakerPelosi will not bring it to a vote.@Douglass_County is the path forward.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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If DC becomes a state, I'd propose we move the Capital to the center of the country (Kansas?) for the same reason that they picked
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Still unconstitutional. But then, you’ve never cared about constitutionality when it doesn’t serve your purpose
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Never. The Constitution is clear about the purpose of the district. Any statutory attempt to undo the explicit Constitutional intention will be met with a federal lawsuit in about a millisecond.
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