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All-In [47746]
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All you DC State supporting libbies, read Article 1 Sec. 8.
Apr 22, 2021, 2:20 PM
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Article I, Section 8 provides explicitly for a national capital that would not be part of a state nor treated as a state, but rather a unique enclave under the exclusive authority of Congress — a neutral “district” in which representatives of all the states could meet on an equal footing to conduct the nation’s business.
DC Statehood would require a Constitutional amendment.
Nice job managing the House's time Nancy.
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I'm not for statehood, but I think the Section
Apr 22, 2021, 3:14 PM
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provides for the existence of such a district, but I don't believe it says that there *must* be such a district.
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You're saying there has to be an amendment to change it?
Apr 22, 2021, 3:16 PM
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Hmm... I bet we've never done that before.
Also, help us out. What's "liberal" about supporting it and "conservative" about not supporting it?
Why do you support nearly 700,000 Americans being subject to taxation and federal law without representation?
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All-In [47746]
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Obviously, them dems want 2 more senators.
Apr 22, 2021, 3:25 PM
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And they already have representation in the House and 1 electoral vote.
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So your reason for...
Apr 22, 2021, 3:27 PM
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Keeping nearly 700,000 citizens from having Senate representation is... because you don't want one political party to potentially gain two more senators?
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Rock Defender [53]
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Gooooo Mr. Fake Independent
Apr 22, 2021, 3:29 PM
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Re: Gooooo Mr. Fake Independent
Apr 22, 2021, 4:20 PM
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What you smell is that beautiful salt air and your envy as you sit in the trash heap that is Columbia and only dream of being down here.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: Gooooo Mr. Fake Independent
Apr 22, 2021, 4:27 PM
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Re: Gooooo Mr. Fake Independent
Apr 22, 2021, 11:25 PM
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There's that little annoying thing called the
Apr 22, 2021, 3:31 PM
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US Constitution. Of course that wont stop the dems...
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All-In [42125]
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Which we can never amend, right?***
Apr 22, 2021, 4:20 PM
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Re: Which we can never amend, right?***
Apr 22, 2021, 6:33 PM
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DC statehood would never receive enough support for a constitutional amendment.
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Re: So your reason for...
Apr 22, 2021, 6:43 PM
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He's not going to give you a rational answer for why 700,000 Americans should be denied representation.
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Re: So your reason for...
Apr 22, 2021, 6:53 PM
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Because 700,000 people decided to live in a district and not a state
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Re: So your reason for...
Apr 22, 2021, 7:20 PM
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All-In [42125]
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Fine.
Apr 22, 2021, 11:26 PM
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Give the people their representation. I could give two ##### about the Senate seats.
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Re: Fine.
Apr 23, 2021, 12:51 AM
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I think there is good reason to have a non political district (legally speaking) for the seat of the Federal Government. If you choose to live there, that is up to you.
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Is the Republican Party giving up on being relevant and
Apr 23, 2021, 11:41 AM
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desirable in urban areas? Ever? The two parties have swung back and forth over time in types of support. It seems kind of silly that DC statehood is being couched in such partisan terms because the Democratic party currently has the upper hand in cities. Once the nativist, Idiocratic wave washes out of the GOP and it starts behaving like an actual problem-solving arm of the political spectrum, it could very well gain much greater support in areas like that.
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