Cannot ever be a state.... Washington DC

[HenryBHough]

And Puerto Rico......should be a state too.

And right after that island comes Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, Naushon, St. Lawrence Island, Fisher's Island, Plum Island (germ warfare lab there - so you want to discriminate against Germs voting?), Catalina and about 500 more. Oh, I left out Diomede (Little Diomede - Big Diomede is Russian but the people there might vote to become an American state if given the chance by The U.N.)

 

[Cecilie1200]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

Why? They knew the rules when they moved there.

You don’t think they were born there?

They can move to a state. States have the constitutional right to Congressional representation. The District does not. It was never meant to.

Why should they have to?
Just to have a basic right as a citizen?

The purpose of the District is set within the Constitution. There would have to be an amendment to change it.

If you feel so strongly about it, why are you not fighting for the production and adoption of an amendment?

nah. Just make a smaller district. But it's pretty crazy to do it. But any crazier than making "two dakotas"?

There's nothing "crazy" about the existence of North and South Dakota to anyone who's actually been educated in US history. The same is true for North and South Carolina, or Virginia and West Virginia.

 

[bendog]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

Why? They knew the rules when they moved there.

You don’t think they were born there?

They can move to a state. States have the constitutional right to Congressional representation. The District does not. It was never meant to.

Why should they have to?
Just to have a basic right as a citizen?

The purpose of the District is set within the Constitution. There would have to be an amendment to change it.

If you feel so strongly about it, why are you not fighting for the production and adoption of an amendment?

nah. Just make a smaller district. But it's pretty crazy to do it. But any crazier than making "two dakotas"?

There's nothing "crazy" about the existence of North and South Dakota to anyone who's actually been educated in US history. The same is true for North and South Carolina, or Virginia and West Virginia.

he territorial capital was Yankton from 1861 until 1883, when it was moved to Bismarck. Admission of new western states was a party political battleground with each party looking at how the proposed new states were likely to vote. At the beginning of 1888, the Democrats under president Grover Cleveland proposed that the four territories of Montana, New Mexico, Dakota and Washington should be admitted together. The first two were expected to vote Democratic and the latter two were expected to vote Republican so this was seen as a compromise acceptable to both parties. However, the Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate later that year. To head off the possibility that Congress might only admit Republican territories to statehood, the Democrats agreed to a less favorable deal in which Dakota was divided in two and New Mexico was left out altogether. Cleveland signed it into law on February 22, 1889, and the territories could become states in nine months time after that.
Dakota Territory - Wikipedia

 

[Cecilie1200]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

Why? They knew the rules when they moved there.

You don’t think they were born there?

They can move to a state. States have the constitutional right to Congressional representation. The District does not. It was never meant to.

Why should they have to?
Just to have a basic right as a citizen?

The purpose of the District is set within the Constitution. There would have to be an amendment to change it.

If you feel so strongly about it, why are you not fighting for the production and adoption of an amendment?

nah. Just make a smaller district. But it's pretty crazy to do it. But any crazier than making "two dakotas"?

There's nothing "crazy" about the existence of North and South Dakota to anyone who's actually been educated in US history. The same is true for North and South Carolina, or Virginia and West Virginia.

he territorial capital was Yankton from 1861 until 1883, when it was moved to Bismarck. Admission of new western states was a party political battleground with each party looking at how the proposed new states were likely to vote. At the beginning of 1888, the Democrats under president Grover Cleveland proposed that the four territories of Montana, New Mexico, Dakota and Washington should be admitted together. The first two were expected to vote Democratic and the latter two were expected to vote Republican so this was seen as a compromise acceptable to both parties. However, the Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate later that year. To head off the possibility that Congress might only admit Republican territories to statehood, the Democrats agreed to a less favorable deal in which Dakota was divided in two and New Mexico was left out altogether. Cleveland signed it into law on February 22, 1889, and the territories could become states in nine months time after that.
History of the Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia

Ah, yes. Wikipedia, the leftist substitute for actually having knowledge.

 

[Meathead]

Hey fine, we'll split WA and OR in half and CA into 3 states adding 4 new red states and 8 senators.

You gotta ask. Will D.C. admitted as a state open the flood gates to new states all over the place?

Residents of those states can be represented by Senators and Congressmen. Residents of DC cannot

DC residents pay more Federal Taxes than 22 other states.
Taxation without representation

They can make it a county of Maryland if they want congressional votes and Maryland would get another representative in the House. DC is no ******* state.

 

[rightwinger]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

Why? They knew the rules when they moved there.

You don’t think they were born there?

They can move to a state. States have the constitutional right to Congressional representation. The District does not. It was never meant to.

Why should they have to?
Just to have a basic right as a citizen?

The purpose of the District is set within the Constitution. There would have to be an amendment to change it.

If you feel so strongly about it, why are you not fighting for the production and adoption of an amendment?

nah. Just make a smaller district. But it's pretty crazy to do it. But any crazier than making "two dakotas"?

There's nothing "crazy" about the existence of North and South Dakota to anyone who's actually been educated in US history. The same is true for North and South Carolina, or Virginia and West Virginia.

he territorial capital was Yankton from 1861 until 1883, when it was moved to Bismarck. Admission of new western states was a party political battleground with each party looking at how the proposed new states were likely to vote. At the beginning of 1888, the Democrats under president Grover Cleveland proposed that the four territories of Montana, New Mexico, Dakota and Washington should be admitted together. The first two were expected to vote Democratic and the latter two were expected to vote Republican so this was seen as a compromise acceptable to both parties. However, the Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate later that year. To head off the possibility that Congress might only admit Republican territories to statehood, the Democrats agreed to a less favorable deal in which Dakota was divided in two and New Mexico was left out altogether. Cleveland signed it into law on February 22, 1889, and the territories could become states in nine months time after that.
History of the Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia

Ah, yes. Wikipedia, the leftist substitute for actually having knowledge.

Are you claiming anything he posted is not true?
Maybe you can provide us a better source

 

[rightwinger]

And Puerto Rico......should be a state too.

And right after that island comes Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, Naushon, St. Lawrence Island, Fisher's Island, Plum Island (germ warfare lab there - so you want to discriminate against Germs voting?), Catalina and about 500 more. Oh, I left out Diomede (Little Diomede - Big Diomede is Russian but the people there might vote to become an American state if given the chance by The U.N.)

All of those islands already have a right to vote
Puerto Rico doesn’t.

 

[Hum Dinger]

The Constitution says:

"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States"

They'd have to redraw the boundaries of the Federal District first, but then the remainder of D.C. would be returned to Virginia & Maryland.

That would shake up the politics of those two states!

 

[Hum Dinger]

We should:

1. Make Puerto Rico a State
2. Make the Virgin Islands a State
3. Redraw the D.C. federal district to only include the Area near the Capitol & other Government buildings - returning the rest of D.C. to Maryland & Virginia
4. Amend the Constitution so that no state may have more Senators than Representatives, but that the number of Senators for any state be limited to 2

That'd shake things up real good!!!

 

[Polishprince]

the constution says so.

The Constitution says no to DC statehood - The Boston Globe

It’s not an oversight that the nation’s capital isn’t a state: the Founding Fathers designed it that way.

www-bostonglobe-com.cdn.ampproject.org

As long as they pull the seat of government out of Washington and move it to Palm Beach County or eastern Kentucky or Area 51 , Nevada.

The District of Columbia has special constitutional status and has since it was founded. It was only given that because it hosts the federal government.

If they want representation, they should forfeit their role.

 

[Polishprince]

The Constitution says:

"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States"

They'd have to redraw the boundaries of the Federal District first, but then the remainder of D.C. would be returned to Virginia & Maryland.

That would shake up the politics of those two states!

The portion that was taken from Virginia- Arlington County- was already returned.

 

[washamericom]

Hey fine, we'll split WA and OR in half and CA into 3 states adding 4 new red states and 8 senators.

You gotta ask. Will D.C. admitted as a state open the flood gates to new states all over the place?

Residents of those states can be represented by Senators and Congressmen. Residents of DC cannot

DC residents pay more Federal Taxes than 22 other states.
Taxation without representation

What's the Capitol city gonna be?

Too big to move, let's move the UN somewhere else.

 

[washamericom]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

Why? They knew the rules when they moved there.

You don’t think they were born there?

They can move to a state. States have the constitutional right to Congressional representation. The District does not. It was never meant to.

Why should they have to?
Just to have a basic right as a citizen?

They chose to live in DC, moron.

DC Anchor babies.. we,'re looking at this backwards.
Those born in DC ARE SPECIAL.. they have the voter luxury of never being on "the wrong side of history.".
Puerto Rico can, if that works ok, Alaska then hawaii...

 

[airplanemechanic]

No matter how it is accomplished

Residents of DC should have a right to vote for Congressional representation

How many who live there had a gun pointed at their heads telling them they had to? If you choose to live in a tiny area of land that has no representation in gov't THAT'S ON YOU.

 

[justinacolmena]

DC residents

If they don't like it let them move out to Baltimore, Maryland or Alexandria or Fredericksburg, Virginia.

 

[justinacolmena]

Or just give the parts of DC with people living in them back to Virginia and Maryland.

Didn't Virginia get its part back when the Feds won the Civil War?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Or just give the parts of DC with people living in them back to Virginia and Maryland.

That's a little more difficult than you probably realize based on where the federal government property is located.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So, I'm curious, the constitution says the seat of government, Washington DC was to be 10 miles Square. How then, did it become 68 miles square?

Try reading.

It is a maximum of 10 miles on each side, not a minimum.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

No state may / can succeed.

The word you are desperately searching for is "secede" I would hope states can succeed or they would be failures.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Giving the land back to Maryland wouldn't be unconstitutional, and probably the only constitutional way for those people to get Senatorial representation.

Without a Constitutional amendment it would be unconstitutional.