Long past time to send Puerto Rico to Congress

[Stormy Daniels]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

 

[1srelluc]

More like long past time to cut PR loose and let them fend for themselves. We don't need them for our national security anymore.

 

[1srelluc]

I'm glad the spotlight is being turned on PR just to show how we don't need them anymore.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

Give them their independence. Today.

 

[Independent thinker]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

Why? Because you think it will help you politically?

 

[marvin martian]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

You're going to completely forget about them after next week. LOL!

 

[eagle7-31]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

They have reps in the house. They are on committees, can vote in committees etc. Jut no vote on the house floor.

 

[Blaster]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

Because they don't qualify.

 

[toobfreak]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

BULL. These are just territories we acquired just to have the territories instead of someone else.

Why not?

Because PR offers absolutely no benefit to the USA unlike Hawaii and Alaska, nothing but headaches and billions of dollars in expenses and a mostly poor, illiterate population. The USA doesn't need more dead baggage around its neck. We already have too many other countries we are dumping wasted money into.

 

[Unkotare]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

PR is not a state.

 

[ZestolPastilevsky]

Every American living on American soil should be represented in Congress. Puerto Rico, along with American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington DC, should be fully represented in the House of Representatives, based on their relative populations. But no Senators. The Senate should remain the chamber of state representation.

Why not?

I think technically they don't have enough people living there, at least not in those Pacific colonies.

 

[Unkotare]

Give them their independence. Today.

They don't want it.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Give them their independence. Today.

That is in nobody's interests.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

PR is not a state.

Never said they were. Now, let's go back to 2nd grade and use some context clues to improve your reading comprehension.

The thesis of my post is to extend Congressional representation in the House to all US territories, while reserving representation in the Senate to states.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

BULL. These are just territories we acquired just to have the territories instead of someone else.


Because PR offers absolutely no benefit to the USA unlike Hawaii and Alaska, nothing but headaches and billions of dollars in expenses and a mostly poor, illiterate population. The USA doesn't need more dead baggage around its neck. We already have too many other countries we are dumping wasted money into.

Wow. That says a lot about you. Rights and just governance are an entirely transactional proposition to you.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

They have reps in the house. They are on committees, can vote in committees etc. Jut no vote on the house floor.

They have a Resident Commissioner. And yes, she serves on committees, but that's really meaningless.

 

[BluesLegend]

They don't want it.

^^^ this. Now the rest of you are educated.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Why? Because you think it will help you politically?

Seeing as I'm not a politician, I have nothing to gain politically. I think that representation in Congress is justified for all Americans. The federal government holds power over these Americans, but they are politically disenfranchised.

Now, there are Democrats who want to give statehood to Puerto Rico and DC, simply because they expect that both cases will result in two additional blue Senate seats. But if you look closely, my suggestion eliminates that idea.

 

[toobfreak]

Wow. That says a lot about you. Rights and just governance are an entirely transactional proposition to you.

No, it says a lot about YOU that you would put a bunch of PRs sitting on some dilapidated island ahead of your own country.

BTW, what IS your country? You live in PR? Have you considered moving there?

PR is nothing but a territory, a holding, dead weight and useless baggage further dragging America down, meanwhile, we can't even take care of North Carolina, there are still 26 people there still missing never even found yet after hurricane Helene.

You care more about PRs than you do North Carolinians.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

No, it says a lot about YOU that you would put a bunch of PRs sitting on some dilapidated island ahead of your own country.

BTW, what IS your country? You live in PR? Have you considered moving there?

PR is nothing but a territory, a holding, dead weight and useless baggage further dragging America down, meanwhile, we can't even take care of North Carolina, there are still 26 people there still missing never even found yet after hurricane Helene.

You care more about PRs than you do North Carolinians.

Puerto Rico is the United States just the same as North Carolina is the United States. Puerto Ricans are Americans, just the same as Americans in North Carolina.