Posted on Apr 22, 2021
House to vote on bill that would grant DC statehood
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Really? Put the federal government in the hands of a single state? I don't think so. There was a reason, a very good reason, DC was set outside of statehood. And it is written in the Constitution.
https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/report/the-constitution-and-the-district-columbia
https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/report/the-constitution-and-the-district-columbia
The Constitution and the District of Columbia
The Congress shall have Power 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… (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)In The Federalist No. 43, James Madison explained the need for a "federal district," subject to Congress's exclusive...
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What about Puerto Rico?
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Exactly! Or Guam. Okinawa used to be in that list but we gave it back to Japan. We also have American Samoa. But let's ignore all these great places that *could* be granted statehood in favor of mucking up the Constitution and our federal government.
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how many know DC is a corporation that is currently in bankruptcy
this is soly a demoncratic ploy to say the deep state
IT IS NOT A STATE for very good reasons keep it that way
this is soly a demoncratic ploy to say the deep state
IT IS NOT A STATE for very good reasons keep it that way
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