House to vote to make Washington D.C. the 51st state

PBS ^ | 6/16/20

[Jim Noble]

highly unlikely the dems take the senate...

How do you figure that?

Collins, Gardner, Tillis and Daigle are gone.

Jones will probably lose - that's 50-50, but that increases the value of a Murkowski switch to astronomical levels. Romney is a less likely switcher, but possible.

Most likely outcome is a 49-51 Senate, with 48-52 possible.

GOP majority is very unlikely.

[philman_36]

No it does not.

If a Constitutional Amendment isn't needed then could you please prove your assertion.

Might I suggest, as a starting point, the proposal in The Federalist No. 43 titled...
The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered)
...and in particular point #2.

2. "To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whats ever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislatures of the States in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings. You can then work forwards from there to the ratified Clause...
U.S. Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;

[Zathras]

Translation: “Two more Liberal Senators”

[GraceG]

I’d be okay with this....

Why you ask?

Well that would mean we would have to move our FEDERAL CAPITAL to a new NON-STATE owned land.

I am sure Texas would cede some nice land in the driest hottest part to house the new government buildings!

DC would just become another idiot Atlantic seaboard liberal states with a lot of monuments in it.

/s

[Republican Wildcat]

This is a single city - ridiculous to even consider making it a state. It was part of a state but it was carved out as it was believed the nation’s capital should not be part of any state. That is the whole reason it exists. If we’ve changed our minds on that, give the territory back to Maryland if we want it to be a part of a state.

[paint_your_wagon]

I think it was in the 80’s when DC statehood was being floated an some conservative pointed out that DC was “too small to be a state and too large to be an asylum.”

[Bubba_Leroy]

Also, the Twenty-Third Amendment would have to be revoked.

[Flick Lives]

This is a pathetic election year stunt. And it is more pathetic than most.

How come this issue wasn’t important when Dems controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency in 2009?

[GraceG]

[ It’s the District of Colombia precisely so that the Executive, legislative and judicial branches will NOT be subject to the jurisdiction of any state! How stupid can anyone be to not know that? ]

They don’t even know the first amendment!!!!

Even a Ramen eating teenager knows it better than they do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvgTq-pk710

[DownInFlames]

Cannot do this. D.C, is explicitly not a state and cannot be made into a state without a change to the constitution. Not going to happen.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Collins is not gone.

She and her presumed opponent are hammering the air waves, spending $55 million between them.

Collins received 67% of the vote in 2014.

All she needs is 50.1% to win this time. It’s doable.

[Don Corleone]

And Puerto Rico the 52nd and Guam the 53rd and Wake Island the 54th and and and etc.

[butlerweave]

Nancy is a busy little beaver doing completely useless things

[Kudsman]

Translation: “Two more Liberal Black Senators”

Fixed it.

[CJ Wolf]

how about they make DC a state and then move the federal government out west to Galts Gulch and make a new capital? we can remove and relocate all the statues too.

[philman_36]

Awwwww...come on, Bubba_Leroy, you're going to ruin the fun!
I was going to bring that up next, depending on the answer I received, and now I'll never get an answer.
You're giving away how illogical the argument being made was.
{;^)

[freepertoo]

LORD, I wish they’d make the Eastern Shore of Maryland its own state. It is SOOO different from the Western Shore (i.e., conservative).

[desertfreedom765]

They can go back to being a part of Maryland and Virginia if they are that unhappy.

Just a cheap attempt to grab 2 more Senators.

[JesusIsLord]

That doesn’t mean its Constitutional.

If we're counting on this Supreme Court to do the right thing, the constitutional thing, we are sadly mistaken.

The US Supreme Court stunned court watchers on Monday with its ruling that has redefined the very meaning of the word "sex" to protect LGBTQ workers from discrimination in the workplace. However, when the law was written in 1964, there were only two options: male or female. Now "sex" also means both one's sexual orientation and one's gender identity. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act already protected people from employer sexual discrimination as well as discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.

Also, this same Supreme Court just let California sanctuary law stand.

We cannot trust the current Supreme Court. Like liberal courts before them they are "making" laws, which is unconstitutional.

[thescourged1]

State of Deep