They should give back the parts of DC which were ceded by Maryland originally, and let them vote in Maryland.
Then they will have full Congressional representation as part of the state of Maryland. There is no need to make DC a state to give them congressional representation.
What?
We don’t another state.
So is this about Pokemon or Furries or something?
Better yet, give them their own country.
Actually, this is a brilliant idea!
Make DC a state, but only if it includes all the surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia.
All these counties are overwhelmingly democrat, and being the largest populations in their respective states, currently swing the votes of the rest of Maryland and Virginia, like Philadelphia and Chicago do in their states.
Yes, the Democrats get two guaranteed senators in DC, and 4 to 6 guaranteed congressmen in the new state of Wavimar.
But they lose 4 now currently democrat senators in the remaining parts of Virginia and Maryland, and lose democrat-gerrymandered congressional seats in the rest of Virginia and Maryland.
Net gain - two Republican senators and 2-4 Republican congressman.
I’m on board!
Statehood for Wavimar!!
NO.
Congress should disband the current city governement and re-assert it’s proper control of the city.
No statehood for DC.
My idea is to consider MD and DC a single entity for federal electoral purposes.
Pros:
1) the left would lose approximately 2 electoral votes. (-3 for DC and approximately +1 for MD).
Conns:
1) the left would gain approximately 1 House seat.
2) the left would solidify their control of MDs 2 Senate seats.
On its face this looks like a good deal for the left. However, they would argue that:
1) they already have solid control of MD’s 2 Senate seats, so who cares.
2) the expression “approximately 1” obscures the fact that DC is actually quite small and is probably closer to 0.5 seat than 1.0 seat. At one time when the population of DC was actually close to one House seat, this might have been a good deal for the rats.
I agree. The ‘Taxation Without Representation” license plates from the DC grifters are annoying, but giving them a couple of senators so long as all of the blue counties around them are fenced in, sounds good to me!
Yeah, not going to happen. The VA and MD counties surrounding DC are some of the richest in either state. Dems in the states wouldn’t want to loose them for economic and political reasons. Republicans in MD don’t want DC voting with them...it’ll wipe them out. And DC CANNOT become a state with two senators. The best situation is the one we have now.
No, return it to Maryland.
How about DC just seceede from the rest of the country permanently???
Bump
Under the constitution, it can’t exceed 10 miles square.
Besides PG and Montgomery, and the several NOVA counties bordering DC, on’t forget Howard County and Baltimore City. Make them one state and leave the rest of us alone. Western Maryland from Carroll County to the west can join West Virginia, and Eastern Maryland can join with Delaware = “Delmar.”