“House approves statehood for DC in 232-180 vote“

Hamilton’s idea, as I just noted, they can establish a Federal zone within the city of DC

 

Now there’s a poster blinded by stereotypes, DC currently has one of the top three income levels of all the States in the US

 

Not necessarily, they could establish a Federal zone within the city that would include all three branches of Gov’t, in other words, the tourist area of DC

 

As I just noted, no it wouldn’t, they could establish a special Federal area within the city to serve as a Federal zone

 

It's almost as if an entire generation or two completely missed civic and government classes.

 

There is a process to amend the constitution, which clearly you are aware of.

Follow that method.

 

They don’t have to amend the Constitution, as I noted several times above, they can legally establish a Federal zone within the city to meet the requirement. You do know that DC in 1800 was only a fraction of the size it is today and didn’t even include neighborhoods as Georgetown.

 

Very Good reason to vote Republican and rezone the District non-residential to anyone not working in the seat of government.

 

The 3rd amendment is still necessary. thankfully not needed.

we amended the constitution to change how senators are elected. if you want to do that with DC, by all means.

 

I see, disenfranchising Americans for political ends is acceptable, just what the Founding Fathers had in mind, now are you going to force all those lobbyists and small businesses catering to those workers to pack up and move out of town

 

we are only talking 10 sq miles here...without the federal govt how much land are you taking? why not just give it back to md then

 

The Third Amendment is still necessary?

And as I noted umpteen times already, you don’t have to alter the Constitution one iota, rather create a Federal District within the city

 

No Statehood for D C
It is the Federal's turf.
Let people living there be considered residents of
Virginia or Maryland depending on their residence.


Moi

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DC is roughly 70 square miles, and originally consisted of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia, the later being the Federal District, why it is referred to as Washington, DC.. Actually, to be honest, I just looked all that up, actually quite interesting

So there exist room for a separate Federal District within the City, just imagine the tourists areas, it is a short walk between all the Branches and accompanying buildings

 

Why? Would you move Wyoming into Montana, New Hampshire into Vermont?

 

Nope, not disenfranchised, they just can't live there, they must live in a State, of which DC should never be one. Exclusive power means just that, they can be zoned out and recent developments insist upon it. The only reason Democrat terrorists (see all their recent terrorism, secession from the union, incendiary burnings of churches..., looting, woman being beaten with 2x4...) want DC to be a State is to terrorize the seat of government, which is the reason DC exists in the first place so the Federal government can not be intimidated by terrorist Democrats. I tiny set of buildings beset by terrorist Democrats, that is what YOU want and don't deny it, we see the Party of Treason attempting it right now.

The Party of Treason should not win the ability to terrorize all of us.

 

ok then give the city back to maryland that’s hardly enough land to make a state. but i get the dems would like two more senators

 

sure. i don’t want the govt to force me to house a solider

 

Also a possibility.

 

While those 8 square miles where residents live ABSOLUTELY must become "state" land then the only reasonable answer is to incorporate them into Maryland and/or Virginia. But there is a purpose as the founding fathers stated and I cited. If you want to live where you are in a state don't live in DC or a territory.

"On the merits of the proposal, it is difficult to see how the people of D.C. are oppressed, easy to see how their influence is already disproportionate, and easier than ever to see why the federal government would be imperiled by subjecting its physical security to District authorities. True, the Founding Fathers did not anticipate a time when the federal district would have more residents than Vermont. But early Americans also never conceived a time when the federal government would spend 4.5 trillion dollars a year and employ more people in D.C. alone than the entire populations of Syracuse or Dayton."

 

False. The 23rd Amendment defines D.C. as a permanent constitutional entity of its own, outside of statehood. The DOJ has repeatedly concluded under administrations of both parties that it would require an Amendment and the last time it was tried only got 16 states to sign on.

 

Read above and the Constitution.

 

It's been raised before in all it's partisan glory. Fail. There is a purpose it is federal land and not a state.

 

Then you know it would take an amendment to the Constitution your diversions notwithstanding.