There is a bill moving through Congress that would give Washington DC a seat in the House.
Your arguments for or against, please.
I’ll chime in later. Right now, I don’t know enough to oppose or support it, though I would think it would negate the reason DC is called a “Dicstrict” and not a “State”.
Educate me.
On a side note; due to an increase in population, Utah is about to get another seat in the House as well.
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It’s just another attack on the Constitution. That fine document did not give statehood to the Federal District.
Their “representatives” have seats, but not votes.
Actually, I think we should go the other way: any large city that is almost entirely subsidized by the Federal Government should become a Federal District, without representation, just like DeeCee.
…and you aren’t going to find a more consistently conservative state than Utah. Just look at their voting record. I think they were well over 70% for Bush in 2004, beating the next closest state by a big margin.
As to DC… seems like they should be able to have some voice in electing the people that make their local laws. But, you’re right, they’d be a state then and you just know which flavor of Representatives and Senators they’d produce.
Please run a bill through Congress saying I’m the new king of D.C. I promise to rule D.C. with an iron fist, cleaning up crime, making the Mall safe for tourists, and letting citizens keep arms in their homes for self-defense.
I say no need for another definitive D vote.
The District was originally a square carved out of Virginia and Maryland. Then Congress ceded the portion that came from Virginia back to that state. They should cede the remainder back to Maryland, making the residents citizens there. That way, the residents will have full representation without the issues of a non-state having members of Congress.
What Steve said. You think they’d ever elect anyone other than a Donk?
Thought not.
OK, try to keep partisan reasons out-the biggest reason is that it’s unconstitutional-they’re not a state, and only states have voting representation in Congress.
Notice that they’re not even trying to give DC Senators-but I’d guess that’s next.
The solution to DC residents having no representation in who makes their local laws is to move them all out. Fedgov buys ALL the land in DC, and uses it for .gov offices.
The thing with giving Utah an extra Representative stems from some disputes about the last census, which apparently weren’t settled in time to re-allot seats for the 2002 elections. So Utah should have had an extra seat, but with the number of reps capped at 435, to give it to them would mean taking a seat away from someone else, although I don’t remember who. Most likely Kalifornia, although for some reason PA seems to stick in my head. Congress just can’t bring themselves to tell one of their own “Sorry, you’ll have to leave,” so they’re trying to weasel their way around it.