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For DC, statehood isn't the only option

© Michelle Kinsey Bruns/flickr For decades, there’s been discussion about making our nation’s capital city the 51st state. In 1993, the House voted on a D.C. statehood bill for the first time ever, with 277 representatives from both parties voting no. Many of those once no votes now champion the proposal and voted in support of statehood last week. I disagree with my Democrat colleagues who support statehood for D.C., but not for the reasons some of the far left might lead you to believe. I’m opposed to statehood, but I’m not opposed to suffrage. Let’s not play coy. Many of those pushing for Washington, D.C., statehood, are largely behind it not just because they want full voting representation for D.C. residents, but they also want to expand Democratic control of the United States Senate. I’m opposed to that kind of a political power grab.

House Democrats pass DC statehood bill; critics slam 'power grab'

House Democrats pass DC statehood bill; critics slam 'power grab'
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Rep. Johnson reintroduces District of Columbia - Maryland Reunion Act

January 27, 2021 WASHINGTON Rep. Dusty Johnson reintroduced the D.C. – Maryland Reunion Act on Wednesday, which would return the D.C. suburbs to the state of Maryland. Only the National Capital Service Area – the National Mall and Federal buildings – would remain as the District of Columbia. He also introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the 23rd Amendment. The 23rd Amendment provides electoral college votes to the District of Columbia. Should the D.C. suburbs be merged into the state of Maryland, residents would have full congressional representation in Congress as well as the Electoral College. “The District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act kills two birds with one stone,” said Johnson. “It removes the need for D.C. statehood, while also providing representation to individuals living in the district by merging the suburbs with Maryland. This proposal isn’t out of the question; Congress has done it before, in 1847, when large parts of D.C. were returned t

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