With one representative in the House, can two Senators be far behind?
Then on to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands!
Republican Members of the Committee:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=About.Membership
Susan M. Collins Ranking Member (ME)
Tom Coburn (OK)
John McCain (AZ)
George V. Voinovich (OH)
John Ensign (NV)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
This is unconstitutional, the District of Columbia is not a state. To amend the Constitution, it must pass a 2/3 approval in both the House and Senate and be ratified by 3/4 of the legislatures of the 50 states.
Cloward-Piven and Alinsky. Overwhelm the system and flood all this stuff now including gun bils etc etc.
RINO! /sarc
I might be wrong about this but I thought the House was limited to its current number of members, regardless of the increase in population. Therefore, should D.C. get a congresscritter, it has to come from the currently-represented citizens in term of dilution of their voice. Admittedly it is a small dilution but it is not without cost. Not to mention the costs of another congresscritter, the staff and other benefits.
The bill would permanently expand the 435-member House by two seats. One would go to the overwhelmingly Democratic District, and the other to the state next in line to pick up a seat based on population. For the next few years, that state would be Utah, which leans Republican.
Democrats, who generally support the D.C. vote legislation, currently hold a 58-41 advantage in the Senate. Many Republicans are opposed to the bill, saying it violates the Constitution and could lead eventually to two Senate seats for the District.
Jim Manley, a spokesman for Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), said the senator “will try and get it to the floor as quickly as we can.” That could take weeks or even months, though, because of a congressional schedule jammed with priorities such as the economic stimulus package, the 2009 budget and the bank bailout.
At least the reporter MENTIONED the Constitution.
I think they need an Amendment....and good luck with that.
WTF does homeland security have to do with what districts get representation in Congress?
The Democrat Shadow Government is here in full force.
They will lose seats due to population losses in the next census. They’re so desperate to hold on to power, they’ll destroy the nation to do it.
WOuldn’t this require a constitutional ammendment? I don’t think Congress can do this.
I guess the constitution has no meaning at all anymore.
can 2 Senators for D.C. be far behind...
I smell ‘Rats behind all this!
Ping
Not constitutional.
Looks like it will pass.
> The lone “no” vote was cast by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.<
Hmm.
Reaching across the aisle?
I still wonder why that for voting purposes they couldn’t just evenly split DC voters between the closest Maryland and Virginia districts.
Screwing with the Census, passing Socialist (Communist?) legislation and now trying to give a non-State full representation in the House. The D's are playing with fire and, if they aren't careful, they may face a rebellion by many States (copy & paste link below).
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=88218
Didn’t DC have a vote in the House in the pre-1995 Congress?
A Senate committee approved a bill today that would give the District its first full seat in the House of Representatives, setting up a crucial vote by the full chamber sometime in coming months. The Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed the legislation 11 to 1 at its first business meeting in the new Congress. The lone "no" vote was cast by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.Battles -- choose wisely. Stimulus!