Hillary will sign the bill Without the Utah Compromise.
Ya, that’s what I would be afraid of. All these Republicans agreeing in principle that DC should get a seat in Congress, but the next Congress and next President could then pull the extra Utah seat out of the compromise.
And if there are more Dems. in the next Congress, with Pres. Hillary, watch out.
Hillary will sign the bill Without the Utah Compromise.
Fine, if she wins and they pass this then go ahead and let her.
Folks, principles are just that, even “if” Utah ends up with an extra House seat, the Republicans need to show that they respect the Constitutional Process for doing this inside the law.
One of the reasons why we lost this past fall is the Republican party went Beltway a number of years ago, why continue this trend?
If only one seat were added, there would be an even number of seats in the House which would create the possibility of deadlock due to tie votes.
I would support ceding the residential areas back to Maryland and allowing them to vote in Maryland for a House seat and Maryland's two Senate seates but only if the 23rd amendemnt were simultaneously repealed. DC is not a state, nor is it part of a state, and the US Constitution is very clear that only states have representation in Congress.