Bowser addressed members of the House Oversight Committee on Monday.the House on a vote of 216-208 and heads to the Senate, where it has 45 co-sponsors but an uphill battle for passage.
During the debate, Republicans accused Democrats of trying to make a power grab and Democrats claimed disenfranchisement. Norton, who was unable to vote due to D.C.'s non-state status, told her fellow lawmakers that"Congress has a choice. It can continue to exclude D.C. residents from the democratic process -- forcing them to watch from the sidelines as Congress votes on federal and D.C. laws -- and to treat them, in the words of Frederick Douglass, as aliens -- not citizens, but subjects -- or it can live up to our nation's founding principles."Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, joined from left by Sen.
Are they the going to name the new state if it happens; “The Great State of Felon Floyd. Keep A Gun Handy?”
It is unconstitutional, not that Democrats care about the Constitution. They only care about power. Article 1, Section 8 states that DC is a DISTRICT, not meant to be a state. It wasn't even intended to be a residential area. Pass the DC - Maryland Reunion Act.
The US political system, gerrymandering and manipulation is just so bizarre. A democratic country it ain’t. Any Republican who points the finger at other more democratic countries and critiques it is a hypocrite.
Republicans are racist can’t believe I ever voted republican rest assured it will NEVER happen again
45 co-sponsors. ALL Democrats
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