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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 the District, was recently arrested while leading a group of pro-statehood protesters blocking an in...

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 tougher battle recovering on these islands. still though, there is quite a gap. but fema is defending its...

Such a liar, i'm such a whatever that one more, what's it going to do? he understands that. >> baked in the cake. >> correct. it's baked in. discounted. >> he counts on that tom, let's talk about the new piece, you offer a solution to the representation problem that the senate faces. in order to reverse a number of trump's initiatives it's clear that it's 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 fathers devised the senate to ensure each state had equal representation and the house had th...

Founders of the country that didn't 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 it's pretty well-established law. i would have to get you information. >> would you clarify that for us? thank you. so as attorney general you said you would be defender of the voting rights of the p...

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 of voting right crisis is. puerto rico and other territories. 650,000 people in washington, d.c., wh...