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.
“They should give back the parts of DC which were ceded by Maryland originally, and let them vote in Maryland.”
Yep.
Exactly.
The parts of the District in Virginia were already returned to Virginia.
We should bulldoze official D.C. and start a new 10 mile square captiol in someplace even worse ... maybe north of the Arctic Circle?
Absolutely. A federal district can be created including most if not all govt buildings and facilities, leaving the rest, from upper crust Georgetown to lower caste Anacostia as Washington City Maryland. Md.gains a couple of congressman so the question of representation becomes moot. Although I would suppose that the Dems in Balt might be upset at having to share power with the newby Dems.
The District of Columbia was created so that no state had the capital of the United States located in their territory.... I believe there is a federal law that says the district can NEVER become a state......