Wonder if Vegas will take a proposition bet on how badly the DC Council will screw this up? This crew could screw up on making a peanut butter sandwich.
The answer is actually quite simple. D.C. started out as a square, set at a 45 degree angle to the lines of latitude and longitude. In the early 19th century, Congress voted to give back to Virginia that portion of land which Virginia had given up to form D.C. So, simply give Maryland back its portion of D.C., minus the land and buildings now used by the federal government. But that will never pass Congress once you realize that the real push for D.C. statehood is all about generating two more permanently Democrat seats in the Senate and one or two more permanently Democrat seats in the House.