House Passes D.C Statehood Bill

[FlipBrah]

HONK HONK

https://www.businessinsider.com/hous...support-2021-4

The House of Representatives passed a bill along party lines on Thursday that would make Washington, DC the nation's 51st state.

The legislation, known as the Washington, DC Admissions Act or HR 51, would make the District a state known as the Douglass Commonwealth, named for the revered Black abolitionist Fredrick Douglass. The final vote was 216 in favor and 208 opposed.

While a constitutional amendment passed in 1964 gave DC three Electoral College votes, the city's approximately 700,000 residents do not have any voting representation in Congress. HR 51 would give DC two senators, one congressperson, and a governor. Certain federal land and buildings, including the National Mall, the White House, and the Capitol, would be part of a separate, federally-controlled jurisdiction.

Stasha Rhodes, the director of the 51 for 51 Campaign, thanked Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC's delegate to the House of Representatives, for her "tireless efforts to help bring the statehood movement to this historic point."

How long til we add PR and 8 more justices!

[Ephedra]

True authoritarian move.

[OPGenesis]

Imagine if this, the Supreme Court legislation and the voting reform bill went through Congress lol.

We could just skip the elections all together.

[OPGenesis]

I don't want a flag with 51 stars.

Lets merge North and South Dakota

Nah. Just add in Puerto Rico.

[saltypits]

They're doing this because Cali is going to fall into the ocean soon.

[Mountaineer92]

i mean our country is a joke anyway so may as well do anything to accelerate this decline.

[adamsteve14]

HONK HONK

https://www.businessinsider.com/hous...support-2021-4




How long til we add PR and 8 more justices!

Don’t conflate PR and DC. PR can constitutionally be admitted while DC cannot. Also, PR voted (albeit unbinding) for statehood 2x in the last 5 years. Also, PR wouldn’t be a completely blue addition to Congress. Social conservatism still exists.

[John L]

Also, PR wouldn’t be a completely blue addition to Congress. Social conservatism still exists.

Who wants to break the bad news to him?

[dabbmw2002]

Don’t conflate PR and DC. PR can constitutionally be admitted while DC cannot. Also, PR voted (albeit unbinding) for statehood 2x in the last 5 years. Also, PR wouldn’t be a completely blue addition to Congress. Social conservatism still exists.

PR is guaranteed two Democrat Senators.

[BullittEV]

I'm getting an access denied post. Wonder what I am saying that bb.com wants to censor.

cliffs: lol @ people living in DC and thinking this isnt anything other than a sleazy power grab by the left. Like children, they cant see the precedence this is setting.

[adamsteve14]

Who wants to break the bad news to him?

Have you ever lived in Puerto Rico? Do you have any idea how socially conservative a large portion of the population is? Do you realize those people vote PNP, which is the party aligned with statehood and that PNP holds most public office in Puerto Rico, as well as resident commissioner?

I bet you didn’t.

[sy2502]

The Left: the way demographics are changing in our country, the country will naturally shift to the left, it's inevitable.
Also the Left: let's force as many laws through as quickly as possible to make sure we never lose another election.

It's almost as if they themselves don't buy their own bullchit?

[adamsteve14]

PR is guaranteed two Democrat Senators.

As soon as they find 2 democrats to run for senate who are pro-life , I’ll believe you

[JRMoore82]

We just have to see if SCOTUS does it’s job. There’s a section in the constitution that says the land actually belongs to Maryland so that’s a huge problem.

But I’m guessing the filibuster gets used here

[saltypits]

As soon as they find 2 democrats to run for senate who are pro-life , I’ll believe you

They'll start putting Mexicans in PR, that'll shift it left.

Wait.

[GreatOldOne]

This will clearly affect the budget.

Time for reconciliation.

[GooBaaa]

Democrats love to tear this country down and apart


Fk them

[FlipBrah]

But I’m guessing the filibuster gets used here

Don’t worry Dems are working on removing that as well. Cant have any dissidents.
Also remember Biden said “no amendment is absolute” - constitution can easily be changed now

[GreatOldOne]

I actually favor retrocession. Give back to Maryland the land it donated, and give some to Virginia. Keep a small area as is around the WH and Capitol.

That would let most of the people in DC get their votes in Congress and have a governor.

[adamsteve14]

I actually favor retrocession. Give back to Maryland the land it donated, and give some to Virginia. Keep a small area as is around the WH and Capitol.

That would let most of the people in DC get their votes in Congress and have a governor.

You know what? I think I’ll trust the Framers on this one. No one is holding a gun to anyone’s head and forcing them to live in the district. They could move to either of the places you mentioned on their own volition .

[bubba g]

i mean our country is a joke anyway so may as well do anything to accelerate this decline.

Things were going great before the pandemic hit...

[IH8RICE]

Things were going great before the pandemic hit...

Going by the market, we are near or at ATH’s. I’m only using this as a reference since it was used as one before the pandemic hit...

[Jayarbie]

Don’t conflate PR and DC. PR can constitutionally be admitted while DC cannot. Also, PR voted (albeit unbinding) for statehood 2x in the last 5 years. Also, PR wouldn’t be a completely blue addition to Congress. Social conservatism still exists.

This is correct except for thinking in terms of political affiliation at all. If PR is constitutionally allowed to vote to become a state, then they should be allowed to do that. Political alliances change, so it shouldn't matter if they are liberal or conservative or Democratic or Republican right now.

Making DC a state is stupid, but this vote is just theater anyway. There's no way it's getting past the Senate.

[wesleysh21]

I'm all for bringing in PR. Making DC its own state is stupid.

[JRMoore82]

Don’t worry Dems are working on removing that as well. Cant have any dissidents.
Also remember Biden said “no amendment is absolute” - constitution can easily be changed now

Yeah. And clearly they don’t understand 2/3rds house AND senate yet they “passed” this bill with a simple majority.

Shouldn’t even need a filibuster to defeat this. If it’s about representation then they go back to Maryland but the constitution does state WHY it’s supposed to be neutral lands but you’re right. They don’t care

[adamsteve14]

This is correct except for thinking in terms of political affiliation at all. If PR is constitutionally allowed to vote to become a state, then they should be allowed to do that. Political alliances change, so it shouldn't matter if they are liberal or conservative or Democratic or Republican right now.

Making DC a state is stupid, but this vote is just theater anyway. There's no way it's getting past the Senate.

Kind of. PR has voted twice in the last 5 years for statehood but both referendums were non-binding. The most recent was statehood or independence and the one prior included those but also a third option for estado libre asociado, or the common status we have today-as a territory. The hang up is that it has to be voted upon and approved by Congress.

[memcop]

I actually favor retrocession. Give back to Maryland the land it donated, and give some to Virginia. Keep a small area as is around the WH and Capitol.

That would let most of the people in DC get their votes in Congress and have a governor.

I support this. There is no reason to not designate the properties some sort of Federal designation to maintain sovereignty from the state. Executive on a military base etc. Capitol is a little unique but solvable.

Not a bad idea whatsoever. Very good.

[BullittEV]

This is correct except for thinking in terms of political affiliation at all. If PR is constitutionally allowed to vote to become a state, then they should be allowed to do that. Political alliances change, so it shouldn't matter if they are liberal or conservative or Democratic or Republican right now.

Making DC a state is stupid, but this vote is just theater anyway. There's no way it's getting past the Senate.

Youre still too tunnel visioned what happened to your RINO-party to see what lows the left will go to for power.

[memcop]

You know what? I think I’ll trust the Framers on this one. No one is holding a gun to anyone’s head and forcing them to live in the district. They could move to either of the places you mentioned on their own volition .

You should have no rights on FB, Twitter, etc too right?

We just have to see if SCOTUS does it’s job. There’s a section in the constitution that says the land actually belongs to Maryland so that’s a huge problem.

But I’m guessing the filibuster gets used here

If they take it up, its an act of political war none the less bring it out of committee

This probably was meant to provoke political violence from extreme righties who are btw my biggest fear and are the greatest threat.

[adamsteve14]

You should have no rights on FB, Twitter, etc too right?
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I don’t understand what you’re getting at?