Taverner
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:43 PM
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Call me crazy, but DC needs 1 rep and 1 Senator |
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Honestly - it will represent this country better
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:46 PM
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1. It would have to be a state, and then it would have two senators |
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And I DON'T think you're crazy, just sensible. If Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota can have two senators, why not the State of Columbia? But I'm afraid it will never happen.
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:50 PM
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2. Ammend the Constitution to make an exception for DC |
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That, because it is a city-state, it gets just 1 senator, and based on population, at least one Rep.
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:51 PM
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5. The Constitution has two non-amendable provisions. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 06:52 PM by Deep13
1. The slave trade cannot be outlawed before 1800.
2. Every state must have equal representation in the Senate.
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Taverner
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:53 PM
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6. But what if it were not a state |
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But a second designation - a Stateless City?
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Sun Feb-15-09 06:37 PM
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23. The Vatican City of the United States? |
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:50 PM
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3. DC is bigger than many of those square states out west in population. |
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I think it ought to be a state to help balance the disproportionately large representation those states get.
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:27 PM
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16. It's only more populous than Cheneyville |
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(Wyoming.)
IMHO the problem with the district is that so many of those without a voice in Congress are low income people. I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be better to disaggregate large swaths of the district and annex them to VA and MD, leaving a core area that is essentially nonresidential and Federal.
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:51 PM
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4. Why not let D.C. have one rep and share senators with a bordering state? |
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I haven't thought this through, but it's one way that could avoid having to change the Constitution.
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:54 PM
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7. True - Maryland should "adopt" DC |
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:14 PM
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9. I've thought that might be a good fix for a long time n/t |
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Sun Feb-15-09 06:34 PM
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22. Maryland should just absorb DC |
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Virginia re-absorbed the part of DC south of the Potomac. Why not give the northern part of DC to Maryland? Then they get representatives, senators, State Police, all that stuff
:hi:
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:24 PM
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13. What state would want to adopt DC? Would there be any advantages |
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Sun Feb-15-09 06:12 PM
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21. More votes? More cash? n/t |
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:12 PM
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8. I think having it as a separate city seems odd - doesn't the UN meet in NYC |
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not in a neutral space? I think D.C. should be its own state or a city within MD
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:23 PM
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12. The United Nations is not a part of the United States |
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That property is extraterritorial.
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:43 PM
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17. so how did they set that up - UN has exclusive control of that block or two in the city? nt |
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Sat Feb-14-09 09:36 PM
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18. The Rockefeller's donated the land. |
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It's U.N. property so it's not a part of the U.S. Then each country's respective mission is a part of that country as well, the same as an embassy.
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:19 PM
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20. Neat! I learn so much on DU. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:21 PM
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10. To let D.C. in as a state they would have to let in a state that would become repuke |
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That's the way it is generally done and I can't think of a place that's looking for statehood that is inhabited predominantly by assholes so it will never happen.
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:22 PM
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11. I thought DC was pretty liberal... |
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:26 PM
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14. It is - that's why republicans would fight it to their last breath |
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Sat Feb-14-09 07:27 PM
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15. Exactly, those Senators would be Dems. It's pretty much a given. |
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They would have to find another area that would provide two repuke senators. It's the only way a D.C. statehood bill would pass. Beyond that, I think there is some issue with gun laws that is holding it up as well.
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Sat Feb-14-09 09:40 PM
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19. I agree, frickin way past due. |
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Just get 'er done.... :grr:
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