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Joe Biden Unexpectedly Wades Back Into the D.C. Statehood Fight The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Like the city itself, the push to grant Washington, D.C., autonomy and federal representation through statehood remains in an interminable limbo. While President Biden and most Democrats in Congress have backed statehood, the Admission Act, which passed the House a second time last month, stands no chance of moving through the Senate unless p...

© Greg Nash Over its history, the United States has admitted 37 new states into the Union, beginning with Vermont in 1791. But many are now arguing that admitting a 38th — the current District of Columbia — is unconstitutional. Senator Joe Manchin The report is wrong. Constitutional history and interpretation both demonstrate that Congress has clear authority to admit new states — including, if it wants to, D.C.  Although the Justice Department report purports to be “originalist,” it relies on an outdated vision of originalism that most originalists, including those currently on t...

The idea of statehood for the District of Columbia is in the headlines again, as it seems to be every few years. This time there is more teeth to the effort, as the House of Representatives has passed legislation to grant statehood to the District (excepting a federal territory carved out more or less along the Mall). It would not be the smallest state by population, but it would be tiny in terms of territory. Area 51 is almost as big. To statehood proponents, the issue is one of fairness. For 700,000 residents of D.C., statehood would mean full representation in Congress, where right now the...

House Democrat stands defiant after drawing heat for blasting Tom Cotton's "racist trash" speech Salon 3 hrs ago Tom Cotton and Mondaire Jones Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images The Democratic-led House passed a bill this week that would designate Washington, D.C. as the 51st in the union, but not before Republicans trotted out a litany of less than good faith arguments against the idea.  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise argued against it based on D.C.'s crime rate, claiming the district "can't perform basic governmental duties like protecting its resi...

By CNSNews.com Staff | April 23, 2021 | 8:41am EDT (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced in the Senate on Thursday the bill that had passed the House that day to make the District of Columbia a state that—like all other states—would send to members to the Senate. “This is about democracy,” Schumer said in a tweet. “It’s about self-government. It’s about voting rights. “I was proud to re-introduce this bill in the Senate, and we are working to make #DCStatehood a reality,” he sai...