jprince99x 3,547 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 D.C. officials and advocates have agitated for generations to make the District the 51st state. On Thursday, they make their case to Congress. For the first time since 1993, a House committee will hold a hearing on legislation that would turn most of the nation’s capital into the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. WATCH LIVE NOW^ EDIT: The Live has ended. I'll post updates here. EDIT 2: AOC serving Let’s have some fun this beat is Sapokanikan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Can someone explain what the benefits of it being a state are, why it hasn't been approved in the past, and why "democracy is being denied"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Yass! It's about time. Over a million people in a majority poc place have been getting literally no representation or say in Congress for far too long. Puerto Rico next. It's a fully US owned territory. 700,000 mostly latino people being denied the right to democracy while being impacted by US laws. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Maleficent said: Can someone explain what the benefits of it being a state are, why it hasn't been approved in the past, and why "democracy is being denied"? They didn't want the national capitol to become super important or get an unfair advantage as a state because that's where the federal government would be too. Mostly BS. Democracy is being denied because in the US legislative body, the Congress, seats are granted in the House to each state based on population. In addition, each state gets a fixed number (2) in the Senate. DC gets 0. So while these people are bound by US laws, they're not allowed to even represent people to legislate for them And it's important that DC is a majority non-white place. That's the reason they haven't been granted statehood for so long. The US has a history of trying to censor or underrepresent non-white voters. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lona Delery 7,227 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 nvm Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind, I wanna get off but I keep riding the ride Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 They need to split California...flops Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 minute ago, TimisaMonster said: They need to split California...flops Why? It's a fringe movement. That's not what Californians want, so... Meanwhile DC has been asking for statehood. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprince99x 3,547 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 literally there are no reasons to oppose it. I think there is going to be some sort of delay for the vote now? I didn't quite understand what happened. Let’s have some fun this beat is Sapokanikan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeoz 7,915 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Maleficent said: Can someone explain what the benefits of it being a state are, why it hasn't been approved in the past, and why "democracy is being denied"? Without statehood, residents of D.C. do not have any representatives in either chambers of congress, despite the city having a higher population than several U.S. states that DO have representation in congress. (And yes, DC residents CAN vote in federal elections, including the Presidential election despite what the other person said) Right now, just about the only reasons why it hasn't happened is because of semantics and arguments from the right claiming that democrats are just doing it for more votes. The possibility of D.C. statehood is continuing to tick up as democrat leaders continue with another major push for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAGAVENUS 591 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 18 minutes ago, jprince99x said: literally there are no reasons to oppose it. I think there is going to be some sort of delay for the vote now? I didn't quite understand what happened. DC's super liberal so a lot of Republicans oppose for political reasons because it will be harder from them to get majorities in the house, but especially the senate. It's such bullshit because if DC was right-leaning, they'd be on board for statehood in a heartbeat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistress Dita 331 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, GAGAVENUS said: DC's super liberal so a lot of Republicans oppose for political reasons because it will be harder from them to get majorities in the house, but especially the senate. It's such bullshit because if DC was right-leaning, they'd be on board for statehood in a heartbeat If DC was right leaning then wouldn’t the dems just oppose it too... this bs is from both sides Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,890 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 why don't they just make it a part of Virginia or Maryland...like I understand the representation aspect but it's a city... unless they're going to split it up.. what is the state of DC's capital? DC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,890 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 double post, so fun fact about me: I spent 6 years of my life like 45 min outside of DC but I've only ever been maybe 5 times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeoz 7,915 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Mistress Dita said: If DC was right leaning then wouldn’t the dems just oppose it too... this bs is from both sides Probably, ngl. But it should happen regardless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeoz 7,915 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, neptugne said: why don't they just make it a part of Virginia or Maryland...like I understand the representation aspect but it's a city... unless they're going to split it up.. what is the state of DC's capital? DC? It could be a city state. It's definitely plausable. And... "State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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