Any chance at all DC becomes a State??

[Bonebuck]

It passed the HOR today.

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No chance
DOA in senate

[maize]

Hopefully not. DC was not intended to ever be a state. Actually, not even ordinary citizens living there permanently. It was supposed to be the "central" meeting place for the 13 colonies at the time.

[davebucknut]

Doesn't it also have to be ratified by 3/4ths of the states too or am I confused?

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Doesn't it also have to be ratified by 3/4ths of the states too or am I confused?

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That is for an amendment.  This is congress trying to make it lawful.  Lets take a look at the process:


The Admission to the Union Clause of the United States Constitution, also called the New States Clause, found at Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, authorizes the U.S. Congress to admit new states into the Union (beyond the thirteen already in existence at the time the Constitution went into effect). The Constitution went into effect on June 21, 1788, after ratification by 9 of the 13 states, and the federal government began operations under it on March 4, 1789.[1] Since then, 37 states have been admitted into the Union. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with those already in existence.[2]

Of the 37 states admitted to the Union by Congress, all but six have been established within an existing U.S. organized incorporated territory. A state so created might encompass all or a portion of a territory. When the people of a territory or a region thereof have grown to a sufficient population and make their desire for statehood known to the federal government, in most cases Congress passed an enabling act authorizing the people of that territory or region to frame a proposed state constitution as a step toward admission to the Union. Although the use of an enabling act was a common historic practice, several states were admitted to the Union without one.

In many instances, an enabling act would detail the mechanism by which the territory would be admitted as a state following ratification of their constitution and election of state officers. Although the use of such an act is a traditional historic practice, several territories have drafted constitutions for submission to Congress absent an enabling act and were subsequently admitted. The broad outline for this process was established by the Land Ordinance of 1784 and the 1787 Northwest Ordinance, both of which predate the U.S. Constitution.

The Admission to the Union Clause forbids the creation of new states from parts of existing states without the consent of all the affected states and Congress. The primary intent of this caveat was to give Eastern states that still had western land claims (there were four at that time: Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia) a veto over whether their western counties could become states.[3] This clause has served the same function since, each time a proposal to partition an existing state or states has arisen.

[K9Buck]

D.C. will be a state just as soon as the Dems steal some more elections.

[davebucknut]

I can only hope that this doesn't get passed, but honestly IDK.

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[ScarletHayes]

A counter proposal would be just to cede back areas of dc where regular folk live back to Maryland or Virginia.  I mean, after all, the major  concern here is those people's representation, right?    

I heard Mark Levin make this point during my drive home tonight.  That dude is just on top of it all the time.  

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Just like syncro frothing at the mouth last Friday about the court packing...ain't happening

[Bonebuck]

A counter proposal would be just to cede back areas of dc where regular folk live back to Maryland or Virginia.  I mean, after all, the major  concern here is those people's representation, right?    

I heard Mark Levin make this point during my drive home tonight.  That dude is just on top of it all the time.  

Democrats want another that they can control. 2 more Senators and a couple HOR's. They are pushing this this just like packing the court with magic #13.

Democrats are pissed that the SCOTUS is 6-3 in favor of Conservatives with most being somewhat young.

[ScarletHayes]

It's not really 6-3.  More like 5-4 on a good day.  Roberts has become an absolute joke.  I suspect he's been owned since like 2010.

[davebucknut]

It's not really 6-3.  More like 5-4 on a good day.  Roberts has become an absolute joke.  I suspect he's been owned since like 2010.

Maybe 5-4 because Kavanaugh, gorsuch, and barrett are all establishment Washington goons and likely are compromised in some way as well.

It's high time that regular people get jobs in DC instead of lifelong cronies

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[ChinaBuck]

A counter proposal would be just to cede back areas of dc where regular folk live back to Maryland or Virginia.  I mean, after all, the major  concern here is those people's representation, right?    

I heard Mark Levin make this point during my drive home tonight.  That dude is just on top of it all the time.  

It would all cede back to Virginia because Maryland, in the end, did not cede the area as was originally discussed.

[Syncro]

Just like syncro frothing at the mouth last Friday about the court packing...ain't happening

“Frothing at the mouth” for pointing out itâ€s a distinct possibility it can happen...

How many retarded Fox New links did you copy and paste here without any coherent opinion or commentary have you reposted in the week Iâ€ve been gone?

Appears I didnâ€t miss much!

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Just like syncro frothing at the mouth last Friday about the court packing...ain't happening

“Frothing at the mouth” for pointing out itâ€s a distinct possibility it can happen...

How many retarded Fox New links did you copy and paste here without any coherent opinion or commentary have you reposted in the week Iâ€ve been gone?

Appears I didnâ€t miss much!

Donâ€t get worked up ... cut your own steak syncro.  You can peruse the site and find out