The House on Thursday voted to approve what has been described as a Democrat "Power grab" - a plan to make the District of Columbia the 51st state and line up two more party members in the Senate.
It's because, the report said, "The district's population of more than 700,000 residents reliably votes for Democrats and would, without question, send two additional Democratic senators to Congress."
"Congress has the moral obligation and the constitutional authority to pass H.R. 51," claimed Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who now is Washington's nonvoting member of the House.
"It's about Democrats adding two new progressive U.S. senators to push a radical agenda, to reshape America into the socialist utopia they always talk about. It's not really about voting representation. It's about Democrats consolidating their power in Washington," explained Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.,.
0%. 100%. In the past administrations run by both Democrats and Republicans have rejected the idea of statehood for Washington unless there is a constitutional amendment to allow that.
While President Biden has insisted that D.C. be given statehood, as it votes Democrat, Democrats are far less supportive of a similar plan for Puerto Rico, which often votes Republican.
The same plan was approved by Democrats in the House last year, but failed to advance.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/04/house-approves-democrats-power-grab-d-c-statehood-plan/
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