Posted on 02/12/2020 6:55:38 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A key House committee approved a bill to make the nation's capital the 51st state, sending it to the House floor for full approval. This is the first time since 1993 that a bill to make Washington, D.C., a state has been considered and approved in a committee.
The House Oversight Committee passed the bill over the objections of the Republican minority, which introduced amendments to impose restrictions on abortion and gun control on the proposed state. The bill has 220 co-sponsors, giving it the momentum to pass the majority-Democratic House.
"For such a historic achievement for the District of Columbia, the only message I can convey is gratitude," said Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting representative who represents the district.
The bill would create a new state known as Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, in honor of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass who was born in neighboring Maryland. The new state would receive two senators and one House member.
Stasha Rhodes, the spokesperson for 51 for 51, a campaign advocating for making D.C. a state, said in a statement that it was a "historic day."
"Today is an historic day. This is the closest we have come to realizing a 200-year-old goal of granting full representation to the residents of Washington, D.C.," Rhodes said.
51 for 51 advocates for eliminating the filibuster in the Senate, which allows senators block legislation. Even if the bill to make D.C. a state passes in the House, it is unlikely to get far in the majority-controlled Senate.
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The HOR goes all “California”
Roger - that’s their wish.
NOPE. This cannot be permitted.
Chasing new D voters out of the Swamp.
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We have some fundamentally unserious people in positions of power.
The Federal District was never intended to be a population center.
All residential areas need to return to Maryland. As bad as DC statehood would be, the precedent would immediately imply statehood for Chicago, LA, and NY city.
Just let it be part of Maryland.
Not legal.
Only if they relocate the US Capital to Honolulu in the same bill. Keep the politicians isolated.
So I guess the Dem House majority isn’t finished wasting everyone’s time.
See this? It's just about power. Same thing as the "expansion" claim back in the 1850s.
The crony capitalists collusion cartel running Washington DC simply want to control the power of Congress, which is the power to control the spending and the flow of money.
They want those two Senators and how many ever Representatives they would get.
Again, DOA
But a little insight into what they have planned if (God forbid) they ever get both Houses + POTUS again.
They’ll rig it so that they will NEVER EVER EVER EVER lose another election again.
Go back to the original State boundaries and do it that way. Give it any status you want....
Feels like this is taken right out of one of Kurt Schlichter’s novels.
Two senators for a place smaller than San Jose?
To hell with this, there are massive chunks of Pacific states that should be their own separate places long before DC.
Virginia and Maryland
“The House Oversight Committee”
The House Oversight Committee is in desperate need of serious “OVERSIGHT”.
Remember in November, vote em (ComDems) all OUT!
Everything they do is, always, some scheme to gain more power.
They are always innovating.
They never stop.
This why they are so dangerous.
DOA with Senate. Trump would VETO. There will NEVER be 67 Senators to approve this.
SURPRISE. ANOTHER massive waste of time by Democrats. ALL they are interested in is POWER. The general population is just a nuisance to them.
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