One piece of legislation that is garnering interest is H.R. 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act, introduced in May 2009 by Pedro Pierluisi (D.-Puerto Rico) and coming up for a vote before the House of Representatives next week. The bill basically gives Puerto Ricans the chance to vote between retaining their current status or choosing a new status, to include Statehood. The text of the bill can be found here. One of the many controversial issues of this bill is the issue of plebiscite as opposed to a constitutional convention. Roberto G. DePosada, writing for Roll Call, asks: Why not...