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   MortyForTyrant said, 12 months ago

   This is about statehood for D.C, right? Would be nice. What the GOP-led House is doing to that city this year is – again – beyond contempt…
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   walruscarver2000 said, 12 months ago

   DC has no voting rights in national elections, and its over 600,000 residents are given one non-voting member of the House. When a bill came up recently concerning the governing of DC, the House Republicans refused to even let the representative speak.
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   vwdualnomand said, 12 months ago

   dc has a bigger population than wyoming. but, wy gets 3 votes (2 senate and 1 rep), dc gets nothing. dc also has a lot of law enforcement agencies ie dc police, capitol police, park police, fbi, etc…plus the traffic is horrible, and the roadway network is a mess like dupont circle.
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   Craig Linder said, 12 months ago

   It’s a disgrace the way we disenfranchise our own citizens just because they live in D.C. I think it’s pretty safe to say that had the writers of the Constitution anticipated the growth of the population in the District, they would not have separated it from the rest of the country.
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   masterskrain said, 12 months ago

   I do like the fact that the D.C. License plates say “Taxation Without Representation”!
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   ruff said, 12 months ago

   This is an example of our fine democracy. Together with the 60% majority, the filibuster and holds in the senate.
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   ahab said, 12 months ago

   @ruff

   No small surprise, and look who abuses the filibuster routinely.
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   win said, 12 months ago

   sounds like…
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 12 months ago

   Republicans seem concerned about so many people voting. So they are making sure to limit it in 14 states just in time for the presidential vote. Targeting mainly the poor, of color, Democrats and Independents.
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    Radish said, 12 months ago

    @walruscarver2000

    Its the only slave state they have left.
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    Mhic Dhu Ghaill said, 12 months ago

    @Craig Linder

    That is the solution, give it back to MD except for the Federal buildings and then MD can charge Virginian that work there income tax.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 12 months ago

    @Craig Linder

    That growth you mentioned is fueled by lobbyists and hacks and consultants and media and so on. The low rumbling noise you hear is George Washington rotating at a steady 1000 RPM…
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    Justice22 said, 12 months ago

    @Craig Linder

    I have always been in favor of one vote per person and majority of votes wins. You wouldn’t believe the amazement of foreigners when they learn how our voting system really works.
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    rightisright said, 12 months ago

    On the one hand, a court decides the federal mafia cannot blanket enforce a ban on gay marriage with a national law. Still waiting for these brave souls in the courts to demand States’ Rights for drug laws, gambling, etc.
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    walruscarver2000 said, 12 months ago

    @Radish

    Obviously you have not been to Texas.
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