51st State
But I had no idea this could happen in 2020:
The House will vote on a measure to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state before the summer recess, the first time a statehood bill for the nation’s capital has been voted on since 1993.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told WUSA-9 in an interview following President Trump's State of the Union address Monday that he plans to bring HR-51 to a vote on the House floor before the chamber breaks for the summer.
“We’re the only capital in the free world that doesn't allow its citizens to have a voting member in the parliament, or in this case the congress,” Hoyer said.
Why bother? It's a HUUUUUUGE amount of time, energy and resources to do something like this. Plus, it would just add another layer of expensive governmental bureaucracy to the lands of DC.
Maybe someday I can get my hands on a full list of "PROs vs. CONs" for this initiative. At this time, I find it very hard to believe that the PROs would outweigh the CONs.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. there was this back in Summer 2019.......
Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose D.C. statehood, a Gallup poll finds
