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A House bill to change the constitution? Senate will never bring that up for a vote lol
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DC has 3 electoral votes and always votes blue. How does becoming a state (which the Dems knew would never happen) affect this?A House bill to change the constitution? Senate will never bring that up for a vote lol
DC was designed to be a temporary place where politicians would go for a short period of time - and then go back home to live under the laws they created. DC was created for the sole purpose of the ability to govern all while at the same time having no allegiance(s) to any one state or states.
DC is also 90 percent Democrat so it's no wonder they are trying this last ditch effort just in time for elections. Pelosi pandering for votes. Shocking - NOT!
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.
The bill isn't changing the constitution (except trying to overturn the 23rd amendment once in place). It just redefines the District part. The District would now just be the Capitol, White House and other Federal buildings. Places no one lives. (The President is always considered from somewhere else while living in the white house.)
The new state would be 3 electoral votes - (2 senate, 1 rep) and would now also have voting power in Congress. It seems the legislation would start the process of overturning the 23rd amendment and so erase the extra electoral college votes that the now empty District of Columbia would have. I'd have to see the full text to see what they are proposing in the meantime. I would just give those 3 votes to whoever won the popular vote and not try to force an amendment through.
I guess that's fair. Changed it for you.Valcazar...
Your signature Batwoman is going to get drunk and barf all over this board...
Perry
Suppose I should have been more specific here in terms of Dems 'TRYING" a back door attempt at 'trying' to change the constitution by way of making DC a State.
That’s what this Bill does. The federal buildings where no one lives would be designated “the capital.” The surrounding area where the 700 thousand + residents of DC reside would become a state and they would have representation in the Senate.
The 'bill' to make DC a State is DOA. You know this...U might want to brush up on 'how to change the constitition"
