The House voted this week to make the District of Columbia America's 51st state. While the bill’s future is uncertain, advocates are hopeful given the democratic majority in Congress. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the District in Congress, explains the challenging history of D.C. sovereignty and the reasons she feels that this time is different from previous failed attempts.
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The Politics of D.C. Statehood | The Week | MSNBC
uh, so DC would be a State, a City, its own capitol like Albany is to NY and the Capitol of USA ?
Uh, yeah. All 700,000 of its citizens would have a vote…. no matter how many titles are involved.
@K. McKee that would be good to have 700,000 be able to vote for a Senator, Governor, etc. AM just not sure about Capitol of DC State
Fun facts for trivia night, the USA has had several different capitals, with the first official capital being NYC after the constitution was ratified. There are a few other cities that were briefly considered the capital of the United States. York, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, as well as Annapolis, Maryland. Annapolis is where the Treaty of Paris was ratified, officially ending the Revolutionary War. There are more, but I am lazy and it’s too much to write out. History is fun, it’s really interesting to research and learn about this kind of stuff. Anyway, I hope you have a good week :-).
@Lily Jade The immediate area of the Capitol, the White House would still be a “district”.
Respect.
Representation.
Equality.
@srgreeniii the majority and I mean 98% American, want a moderate nation right in between left and right, something from both area, but our political system, and leader don’t want any of that, they just want their side laws not both sides way, but i feel like joe Biden, it a person who would listen to both parties, and make a decision based on that,
@Satsang Patel The whole country is so far right at the moment.
@Satsang Patel Joe listening to both parties are the problem. The republicans want to turn America into a corporation.
@Imperial Mind No they don’t. Where did you get that?
@Traci Boylston Yes they do and by their actions. No one cares about the words the actions say otherwise.
If Wyoming has 2 senators, so should DC.
@A T 55 percent want statehood math isn’t your strong suit is it.
@Imperial Mind 60% oppose
@A T Vermont and Wyoming have less people so they should lose their representation then.
@johnabuick A person’s vote in Vermont or Wyoming should count much more than the vote of a person living in California or New York. I don’t believe in “one person one vote”.
@A T You must be a fascist.
EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!!! ❤️❤️
The senate is broken
Welcome HOME DC! Finally!!! It has been such a long, long time! Congratulations from CA.
If DC voted mostly republican, I imagine their current outrage would be slightly different. 🤔🙄😅😂
pro tip: watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies lately.
@Julius Valentino Yea, I’ve been using flixzone for months myself 🙂
@Adam Maz LOL …how about we take away your right as an american citizen to be represented in congress and the senate? At some point in time your location was never intended to be part of the US either. Washington DC was established in 1790 which is probably a lot longer than your location has been a state and entitled to representatives in congress and the senate. But seemingly the only american citizens who should be entitled to representation are republicans. Should we wait for a GOP resolution that only republicans should be entitled to vote and be represented in the legislatures? Why not just make it illegal for anyone but republican candidates to be listed on a ballot?
And if another state would go GOP the Democrats would approve it, right?
Corey….lol…no rights are being denied and others correctly laid out returning DC to MD or VA would resolve your goal.
& PR next
I don’t get what’s the big deal why DC shouldn’t be a state. In Germany, we have 3 cities, that are also states (although one of those is actually a 2 city state and only 2 of them are actual city states) and they also send their local representatives to our second chamber of the legislative.
Large Black population!!!!
@Monica Haynes 3 city states. The greater madrid area in Spain is also a state, so is the greater Paris region in France (Ile de France), Bruxelles in Belgium is its own state, the federal capital area in Australia is its own state. There are plenty of city states around the world.
No representation and yet they pay federal taxes.
Good to see Michael hosting on MSNBC, and on DC statehood, cheers!
Take a look at wyoming’s population. There are more antelope than people. And Gops separated Dakota into north and south states to get four votes vs two. There it is.
Jesus loves and cares about you so much so repent so that we all make it to heaven.
Like so more people can see this.
Would only make it thru Senate if people of DC looked like people of Idaho and Montana. Then statehood and representation would be a sacrament
If the people of D.C. don’t have representation, how can they, constitutionally, be taxed?? Its literally an affront to the founding of the country and the very fabric of the constitution itself…. “taxation without representation” was the catalyst on which the United states was envisaged. It’s astounding it has taken us 200 years to work that out!
if DC and Puerto Rico get statehood i will move to Puerto Rico and and star a business
Do Puerto Rico and Guam as well.
The problem with DC statehood has nothing to do with political decisions. It has everything to do with the location of Federal Institutions becoming a part of state decisions on Federal institutions.
Curious, which city skyline is that behind the Mr. Johnson? Baltimore?
DC can become a part of Maryland, only if the Dakota’s are reunited as well.