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To: Spunky

And Biden has put his 2 cents out today.

Biden White House officially supports making DC the 51st state

For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C., have been deprived of full representation in the U.S. Congress,” the White House OMB statement said. “This taxation without representation and denial of self-governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our nation was founded.

“H.R. 51 rights this wrong by making Washington, D.C., a state and providing its residents with long overdue full representation in Congress, while maintaining a federal district that will continue to serve as our nationโ€™s seat of government.”

D.C. officials and Democrats have framed the statehood issue as a civil rights matter for residents who have been historically disenfranchised. But Republicans have been firmly against D.C. statehood, calling it an unconstitutional Democratic power grab designed to shift control in the Senate by adding two senators from a liberal stronghold.

Republicans argue the federal enclave’s establishment is constitutionally based, so any change to the district must come in the form of a constitutional amendment โ€“ not legislation from Congress. They’ve raised concerns over the 23rd Amendment, which gave the District three electoral votes in the presidential Electoral College and whether statehood could be granted before its repeal

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-white-house-supports-making-dc-the-51st-state


74 posted on 04/20/2021 12:34:52 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rusty0604

“Biden White House officially supports making DC the 51st state”

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!


87 posted on 04/20/2021 1:27:11 PM PDT by Spunky (โ€œThe world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. ...)
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To: Rusty0604

Biden White House officially supports making DC the 51st state


Ha! Why not strike while their iron is really *hot*, right Dems?

I knew, after the stolen election, that everything was about to be steamrolled, for the fake-prez, JoBama.

I’ve held out hope for something different, and I’ve prayed to be wrong, about it, but....so far no one/nothing seems to be stopping this flood of communism/totalitarianism, coming our way.

We need a miracle.

Lord, please forgive this nation of our sins, and hear our prayers.

My hope is in Him. โ˜๐Ÿผ


117 posted on 04/20/2021 2:47:54 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)
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