Hillary Clinton Proposes Creating Solid Blue State!

[onehandle]

Washington DC has a greater population than Vermont and Wyoming.

It is also about 90% Democratic.

What Democrat would be against adding 2 Democratic Senators and multiple Democratic House Members?

Give The State Of Columbia A Voice!

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141446582

[elleng]

1. Nice idea. I lived in DC for 20+ years.

Fat chance.

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Would this require a constitutional amendment?

Nt

[Iliyah]

3. GOP congress is oppose to it. Shit, they are oppose to anything that a Dem tries to do.

But that sounds cool tho.

[Luminous Animal]

4. Yep. Bernie sponsored a bill to do such over a year ago.

[Eric J in MN]

7. Yes. Bernie Sanders co-sponsored 'New Columbia Admission Act'

NT

[Ash_F]

5. This is actually a great position

And she took it from Sanders!

[John Poet]

6. Actually, Ted Kennedy was promoting a Constitutional Amendment

to do this back in the late '70s...

Can't recall if it died in congress, or failed to get the necessary number of state ratifications...