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House Set to Vote on DC Statehood During Week of April 19
The Epoch Times ^ | April 7, 2021 | Masooma Haq

Posted on 04/07/2021 8:03:09 PM PDT by Yong

House Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on the D.C. statehood bill for the second time two weeks from now. Although it is certain to pass the Democrat-controlled House, its fate is uncertain in the tied Senate with GOP members opposing the measure.


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1 posted on 04/07/2021 8:03:09 PM PDT by Yong
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To: Yong

Uh, no.


2 posted on 04/07/2021 8:03:56 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Yong

Totally unconstitutional, not that the rule of law matters anymore.


3 posted on 04/07/2021 8:04:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: Yong

Against the Constitution.

But then so was the Kenyanesian Usurpation.


4 posted on 04/07/2021 8:05:39 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Yong

Gee, why didn’t they do this when Obumbles was President?


5 posted on 04/07/2021 8:10:33 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Yong

Sure, make one of the most inept and corrupt regions a state as PR is next of course. If they could get away with it, they would add a dozen more states not that states matter anymore but to expand the provincial Fedgov and its swamp oligarchy. I never thought America could fall so fast from within. Our enemies are making plans and sharpening knives.


6 posted on 04/07/2021 8:11:11 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Yong

Watch other states start voting on secession. No state is going to put up with a sh!thole like DC being the be all end all king of all 51 states.


7 posted on 04/07/2021 8:12:20 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: Yong

If they give statehood to the Swamp, the nation’s Capitol needs to be moved to a none Socialist Democrat state. Anywhere would be better than the District of Corruption. That’s already the Theft Capitol of The United States.


8 posted on 04/07/2021 8:39:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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9 posted on 04/07/2021 8:44:26 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Yong

SCOTUS


10 posted on 04/07/2021 8:55:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: Yong

so-called Rep. Holmes hasn’t done a damned thing to help the people of DC get out from a growing wave of drugs, killings, and general crime.

She runs around town yelling “Statehood” instead of “Jail the criminals”.

She’s a New York import and she had a questionable background up there.

She wants to be able to claim that she ruined two major cities before she dies.

I want her death before she can do this. At her age, a stroke, heart attack, cancer, or telling the truth would kill her. Alex, I approve of any or all of these and I’ll donate $1.00 to her burial cost in the local landfill.


11 posted on 04/07/2021 9:20:28 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Trying to kill what’s left of the Constitution. May as well vote for a monarchy next.


12 posted on 04/07/2021 9:44:54 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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There is a constitutional amendment that already gives DC votes in the electoral college (2 for the Senators they don’t have, and 1 for House member they don’t have). When DC becomes a State, it will have those 3, plus the 3 that come from statehood.

Quite a bit of representation for the tiniest state.


13 posted on 04/07/2021 10:25:34 PM PDT by Nabron
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

What is funny is The DC Reps can’t vote for this!!


14 posted on 04/07/2021 10:33:16 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: tallyhoe

DC only has the *one* in the House. If the Senate passes this, (and at least they’re not carving the District into, say, a dozen states), they gain two Senators. Hopefully the Supremes will grant a stay pending repeal of the 23rd Amendment.


15 posted on 04/07/2021 11:03:05 PM PDT by Nabron
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To: Nabron

Senate will not pass this.. Democrats don’t want egg on their face.


16 posted on 04/07/2021 11:10:26 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: tallyhoe

I think West Virginia’s Manchin will vote against it, and there might be another one or two Democratic Senators who don’t agree to this.

It would serve everyone better if states wrote a 3-line legislation piece...voicing the need to give back all of DC territory to Maryland, unless federal property exists upon it.


17 posted on 04/07/2021 11:57:24 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

I don’t think it will come to secession but I think we will see more 10th Amendment loosening of federal power. Fedgov is too big and too intrusive.


18 posted on 04/08/2021 12:10:48 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

How about any state that has legalized Marijuana?


19 posted on 04/08/2021 3:26:56 AM PDT by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: Yong

Better to dissolve DC. Congress can meet virtually from their offices in their home state capitals. Other departments and activities can be distributed elsewhere.


20 posted on 04/08/2021 4:08:18 AM PDT by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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