House Democrats set to vote
next week on DC statehood
by
Kate Sheehy
&
Steven Nelson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/17/2020 7:14:41 AM
House Democrats announced Tuesday that they will hold a vote on DC statehood next week — in what likely will be the first time a chamber of Congress approves making the nation’s capital city the 51st state.The bill is expected to pass easily on June 26 with overwhelming Democratic support. But it will die just as surely with opposition in the Senate from Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.Democratic leaders and DC officials announced the vote at a press conference. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said
Reply 1 - Posted by:
4Justice 6/17/2020 7:21:32 AM (No. 447177)
WTH are they doing??
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JL80863 6/17/2020 7:26:54 AM (No. 447180)
"No, a thousand times no!"
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
RCFLyer98 6/17/2020 7:31:07 AM (No. 447182)
No, no, no! Absolutely No!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
chance_232 6/17/2020 7:31:43 AM (No. 447184)
Its not about taxation without representation. It's about picking up two more democrat senators.
If your serious about taxation without representation, shrink the city and return the remaining territory to Maryland.
Better yet..... relocate the capital to the Midwest and return DC to Maryland.
31 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
BarryNo 6/17/2020 7:38:44 AM (No. 447192)
Frankly, there shouldn't be anyone on site in D.C. who votes there. Thy should all be registered to vote, and hole a residence in one of the surrounding states. The District of Columbia should only be for office space for Government, along with temporary residences for Congress, when in session, foreign diplomats and their entourage, and the on-site military force that defends the Capital, and votes like any military force when overseas.
There should be no elected officials OF Washington D.C. Only hired help, living outside the city, required to maintain and clean. The Capitol Police should be managed out of Congress, while the Washington D.C. expeditionary force is managed by CIC.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/17/2020 7:49:09 AM (No. 447199)
the District of Columbia was created by the Founding Fathers, in part, to keep it out of politics. and if the District had been managed properly, there would be no residences there - just federal buildings.
I have long been in favor of rezoning the District, moving family residences to Virginia and Maryland, thus giving them representation. It would increase Dimocrats in the House, a small price to pay, but it would shut the mouths of Pelosi and norton, a wonderful; benefit.
The hidden advantage for the leftist loons? No longer would they have to say they lived in Washington, named after a slave owner, in the District of Columbia, named after Christopher Columbus, who is perceived to be an all around bad guy.
16 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/17/2020 7:50:23 AM (No. 447203)
Glad the 'Rats are focusing on the essential stuff, like DC statehood and encouraging race riots.
16 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
mizzmac 6/17/2020 7:51:54 AM (No. 447204)
D.C. is not a state in any way. It's a reeking cesspool.
20 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/17/2020 7:55:27 AM (No. 447206)
If you can't win elections, pack the Senate.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
John C 6/17/2020 7:56:10 AM (No. 447209)
While we are at it, take away the law which lets Puerto Rico vote for their own US state status. Let them be an unsubsidized country The statehood vote should belongs to current states, to let them join.
9 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
bpl40 6/17/2020 8:09:14 AM (No. 447220)
DC shouldn't even vote in the Presidential election. A better candidate for statehood should be Upstate NY.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Catfur27 6/17/2020 8:11:08 AM (No. 447221)
...next up: Dems propose that large ( dem controlled ) cities like NY Cesspool...Sh*tcago...Lost Angeles ..etc become States too...MORE dem Senators !!
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 6/17/2020 8:16:05 AM (No. 447229)
If this were to pass there'd be 2 more democrat senators and at least 2 more democrat representatives.
3 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
PChristopher 6/17/2020 8:26:19 AM (No. 447241)
Having worked with the District government on occasion, I can honestly say that it should stay a Federal City run by a committee of Federal Commissioners like in the old days.
11 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/17/2020 8:26:38 AM (No. 447242)
How about making every county in Texas its own state? Makes more sense than making DC a state.
10 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 6/17/2020 8:29:20 AM (No. 447246)
It is simple. They want two more democrat senators! There is no other reason.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 6/17/2020 8:46:01 AM (No. 447264)
Another way to waste time and money. DC will NEVER be a state. #5 is right, it only exists to offer space for gvt. buildings.
6 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
curious1 6/17/2020 9:30:46 AM (No. 447317)
So, ignore the constitution and don't try for an amendment, eh, commies? Typical.
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Clinger 6/17/2020 9:44:52 AM (No. 447336)
Hey why not make every major urban center a state then the democrats can have a permanent hold on the senate. We can have a two class society, the urban democrats and everybody else. We can make the everybody elses support the dazzling democrat urbanites. What could possibly go wrong?
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 6/17/2020 9:52:18 AM (No. 447349)
Why don't they go ahead and vote on Armageggon while they are all together in one place?
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
HotRod 6/17/2020 10:03:12 AM (No. 447361)
Love's labor lost...All for show, because the House democrats can't do it. All they are doing is wasting time and money, instead of taking care of American business!
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 6/17/2020 10:18:10 AM (No. 447379)
Irrelevant. The Dems are having fun playing these stupid games, which they know will result in NOTHING.
3 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 6/17/2020 10:35:18 AM (No. 447410)
While the democrats are acting stupid load the bill up with some pork. Pardon Confederate General Robert E. Lee and return his home back to him in Arlington.
3 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
marbles 6/17/2020 10:45:48 AM (No. 447426)
The dems are trawling for more senate votes. They don't give a cr*'p about the people of D.C.
2 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/17/2020 11:05:35 AM (No. 447460)
Another waste of Congressional time by the Democrats for partisan political purposes, as it is wishful thinking that the wimpy Congressional Republicans would knowingly commit political suicide by essentially granting the Democrats two more US Senators and two more Congress-critters by transforming a city into a state. If the Democrats could get away with doing that, they would most likely come back and demand that all the leftist and liberal Democrat controlled inner cities be transformed into new states.
2 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
hershey 6/17/2020 11:53:12 AM (No. 447526)
Why do they keep wasting time trying to get crapola through Congress when they absolutely know the Senate will kick it to the curb or the President (God bless him) will toss it out with the White House kitchen garbage where it belongs...
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 6/17/2020 12:19:14 PM (No. 447561)
Better yet, why not simply expand that scope to include the main counties in Virginia that encompass most of the Federal employees, and remove them from VA into the new State?
Maybe Virginia would turn back into Red state.
And, don't the Obama's live in DC?
3 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/17/2020 2:02:53 PM (No. 447696)
POOF...another 'bad idea' hears that Democrap Flushing Sound!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
kiwinews 6/17/2020 2:43:36 PM (No. 447747)
Heck no! The whole *point* of D.C. was that it be Federal Territory, not a state. ALL the members of BOTH houses Congress represent D.C.
0 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
paral04 6/17/2020 2:44:37 PM (No. 447750)
Turn the territory back to VA and MD where it was carved from.
1 person likes this.
DC should revert to Maryland. Senators and congressmen in Maryland are already Dems. DC Dems will be well represented. Win-win.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/17/2020 6:42:16 PM (No. 447981)
Fake!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
or gate 6/17/2020 9:49:16 PM (No. 448116)
Make them part of Cuba
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