If DC and the territories were conservative Republicans would have made them states long ago. Only weak dumb democrats would not seize the opportunity to add 11-12 new Senators as well as a few House and EC votes.
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If DC and the territories were conservative Republicans would have made them states long ago. Only weak dumb democrats would not seize the opportunity to add 11-12 new Senators as well as a few House and EC votes.
D.C. is a city. We don't make cities into states. Furthermore, D.C. was ceded by Maryland to The Federal Government. If anything, it would make more sense to put D.C. back into Maryland.
Further, and this is a rather large "further," DC is prohibited from becoming a state since the Constitution states- as clear as day- that "seat of government" shall be a federal district. You can't just convert that into a state without getting rid of that pesky little clause.
You have to either amend the constitution along with the attempt to have it made into a state, or you have to declare some other place as the "seat of government." Pretty ridiculously tall orders.
The process of accepting/creating a new state is not-in and of itself- an amendment to the Constitution. It is simply the following of an existing clause in the Constitution. Eliminating the "seat of government" as a federal district would be an amendment.
No one in their right frigging mind should want DC to have two senators giving them the full weight of a real state. They may think they are special and they are. Thus the framers made them a special district.
There are other factors as well. The framers did not want the seat of government to be captive to any one state where that state could use and abuse its powers to threaten or interfere with the conduct of national matters in any way. That clearly makes sense, which means that the lefties have no chance of understanding it.
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DC manages state programs such as SNAP and Medicaid and receive federal block grants.Cities dont do that.
The people of DC dont want to be a part of Maryland.
Excellent posting!
No its not.They can leave the area with the government buildings as The Federal District of DC and make the rest of the area a state.
Republicans don't want DC as a state because its guaranteed 2 new Democrat Senators but its population is larger than some republican states.
Hopefully Dems will get the balls to do it some day.
Make DC and territories states,add 5 new judges to The SC,Republicans would never have the Senate or Supreme Court again.All it takes is The WH and simple majorities in Congress.That would be the best thing ever for this country.
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As I indcated before, it make more sense to return the land back to Maryland.
Actually, their opinion does not outweigh mine as I understand and follow The Constitution and am knowledgeable in historical fact.