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Toggle open close (Archived document, may contain errors) Statehood proposals for the District of Columbia have been around for years. Today, however, we have a President pledged to support D.C. statehood. Congress is controlled by the Democrats, whose platform supports statehood. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the so-called non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives from D.C., has introduced a statehood proposal in the current session of Congress. 1 Jesse Jackson, the "Shadow Senator” from ...

218 projects have been funded out of more than 1500 requests. compare that to florida where fema funded more than 3700 long term projects and about 3700 in texas as well, that was two years after hurricane harvey hit. as the new york times first reported, these numbers illustrates the disparity in support citizens in mainland u.s. with voting representation in congress received compared to citizens living in these u.s. territories, although we should point out obviously it is going to be a tough...

Such a liar, im such a whatever that one more, whats it going to do? he understands that. >> baked in the cake. >> correct. its baked in. discounted. >> he counts on that tom, lets talk about the new piece, you offer a solution to the representation problem that the senate faces. in order to reverse a number of trumps initiatives its clear that its not enough to win back the presidency. democrats need to control congress as well. winning the senate becomes key but is that possible? the founding ...

Founders of the country that didnt want the president compromised by foreign government pay yofs and intervention of foreign government. so what do we do? >> the ee mull meants clause has not been subject of a great deal of litigation. the department of justice has long standing rules about standing. and raised the defense of standing against congress, against private parties, against groups. and its pretty well-established law. i would have to get you information. >> would you clarify that for ...

The founders of the country do not want the present with government payoffs in the intervention of foreign governments. what do we do? >> the emolument clause, the department of justice has long-standing rules about standing and raised the defense standing against congress, private parties, groups, and it is pretty well established law. i had to get your information. >> can you clarify that? as attorney general, you would be a defender of the voting rights of the people. americans face a number ...

One vote. he was speaking in 1963 when the court was grappling with the equality of voting representation, but the idea he was expressing that inside of the ballot box all voices are created equal is at the very heart of american democracy and only in a presidential election one man, one vote is just that, an idea, because the truth in practice is this. individual voters the one man or one woman do not actually choose the leader of the nation. that decision falls squarely on the hands of another...

>> good morning, how are you? >> im good as part of the comp prom my the federal government would block not on the use of federal funds but city funds, your funds to pay for abortions for low-income women. why do you think that happened? >> well, think we were a bargaining chip in this political game played around the budget. as you indicated earlier, the district has no voting representation in the house. we have no senators. so we are an easy target. folks in congress, frankly, did will do thi...

Accurate as far as describing how the president approaches things. when hes attacked or feels that he is being attacked, he punches back. hes done so throughout the campaign, throughout his presidency, and for whatever reason, latinos, hispanics, have been a target repeatedly. in this case, hes attacking on an issue a population, u.s. citizens, but ones who do not have a lot of political heft. they dont have voting representation in congress, so maybe for trump he feels like there is not a lot o...