U.S. House prepares to say yes to making Washington, D.C., the 51st state

Yahoo News ^ | April 22, 2021 | Richard Cowan

[deport]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday is set to approve, for the second time in less than a year, legislation making the District of Columbia the 51st state in a move sure to further inflame tensions between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.

The population of Washington, D.C. is heavily Democratic. As a state, it likely would elect two Democratic senators, potentially changing the balance of power in the Senate, which now has 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.

[SaxxonWoods]

The pace of America’s destruction is accelerating.

[Vaquero]

BULL$H!T.

[a fool in paradise]

Legislature packing. 2 more Senators and 1 more Rep.

[dfwgator]

Prepare for a whole new flag then, because if they have to go through the process of adding a new star, they will say, why not just redesign the flag to better reflect the “New America”.

That’s a part of the motivation.

[brownsfan]

Evil doesn’t rest. When Republicans are in power, they spend all their time enriching themselves and their patrons, and planning re-election.

Democrats spend their time remaking the country to their liking.

[G Larry]

If Joe Manchin or the USSC doesn’t stop this, it will be the end.

[rarestia]

I know the knives are going to come out over this, but I thought this wasn’t possible legally; so this is all just window dressing?

[Fido969]

They can say it all day long, it doesn’t mean DC will be a state.

[sport]

You are on to something.

[dfwgator]

Planting seeds, but it will eventually happen.

[dfwgator]

And then flying the Stars and Stripes will be tantamount to flying the Confederate Flag.

[AppyPappy]

I though the states had to vote on this kind of thing

[dfwgator]

And ditto if they make Puerto Rico a state.

[cotton1706]

A state that’s 67 square miles. What a great idea. /sarc

[DoodleDawg]

I though the states had to vote on this kind of thing

Nope. Approval of both houses of Congress is all that's needed.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

The problem with DC as a state is that the Constitution requires the seat of government to be controlled by the U.S. House of Representatives. A state cannot also be site of the national capitol.

[ConservativeInPA]

The Constitution and the District of Columbia

[redshawk]

A flag containing a star and a crescent moon comes to mind. Yeah, a red one.