{"id":16189,"date":"2020-06-26T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-votes-to-make-dc-the-51st-state\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:45:00","slug":"house-votes-to-make-dc-the-51st-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-votes-to-make-dc-the-51st-state\/","title":{"rendered":"#House votes to make DC the 51st state"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#House votes to make DC the 51st state<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n House Democrats riled by President Trump\u2019s handling of anti-police brutality protests voted Friday to make Washington, DC, the 51st state.<\/p>\n

The bill passed 232-180 along party lines. One Democrat and the only Libertarian joined all Republicans in opposition. It\u2019s the first time either chamber of Congress app<\/a>roved DC statehood.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) recently said he won\u2019t hold a vote, effectively killing the bill. Trump told The Post last month that DC will \u201cnever\u201d be a state because Republicans aren\u2019t \u201cstupid\u201d enough to add guaranteed Democratic seats.<\/p>\n

The capital city is home to roughly 700,000 people \u2014 more people than Vermont and Wyoming, and nearly as many as Alaska. If it were a state, DC would have one House member and two senators.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the vote, Democrats said Trump\u2019s handling of protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police shows why local officials need more say in decisions such as deploying the National Guard.<\/p>\n

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said \u201cTrump\u2019s recent decision to deploy thousands of federal law enforcement officers in DC against residents peacefully exercising their constitutionally protected right to protest, and without the consent of the district\u2019s elected officials, demonstrated the urgent need for full local government and congressional representation.\u201d<\/p>\n

During committee debate this week, Republicans said recent scenes of mayhem on DC streets actually bolstered their case against statehood because DC Mayor Muriel Bowser failed to quell looting and property damage.<\/p>\n

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about the DC statehood vote.<\/span>EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey could not quell the violence taking place in the District, proving once again how fundamental the federal government is in Washington, D.C., in maintaining order and civility,\u201d said Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.).<\/p>\n

Much of the debate focused on older arguments. Non-voting DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said city residents are victims of \u201ctaxation without representation\u201d and pay more federal taxes than 22 states.<\/p>\n

The bill would create a new state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, in honor of former resident and abolitionist Frederick Douglass by shrinking the federal district\u00a0to include the White House, the Capitol and other federal buildings, while making most of the city a state. Since ratification of the 23rd Amendment in 1961, DC has had a say in presidential elections, with three electoral votes, but no votes in Congress.<\/p>\n

Republicans offered an array of arguments against DC statehood.<\/p>\n

Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) sought unsuccessfully to condition statehood on policies including a guarantee on gun rights and a ban on protester \u201cautonomous zones\u201d as attempted this week by anti-racism activists outside the White House.<\/p>\n

Many opponents said a constitutional amendment is required. Other Republicans said residential neighborhoods can be returned to Maryland \u2014 as done in 1847 with the part of northern Virginia that formerly was part of DC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not Congress\u2019 land, this is Maryland\u2019s land,\u201d said Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.). \u201cDon\u2019t steal this land from Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), meanwhile, said he agreed that it\u2019s wrong to tax residents without giving them votes in Congress. Gohmert urged passage of legislation to exempt DC residents from federal income tax \u2014 a perk enjoyed by US territories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to continue to pay federal income taxes,\u201d Norton retorted. Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, agreed, \u201cI would rather pay taxes than have the treatment that this body gives to those that live in the territories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said more than 40 percent of DC is black and \u201crace underlies every argument against DC statehood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), however, likened making DC a state to giving Milwaukee two senators.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will never vote to give a single middling size city the same political power as one of America\u2019s great 50 states,\u201d added Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). \u201cTheir goal is two more guaranteed leftwing senators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Hice gave a brush-off common among conservatives, pointing to local financial woes and corruption in recent decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cDC is simply not equipped to shoulder the burden of statehood,\u201d Hice said.<\/p>\n

The last time DC statehood received a House vote, in 1993, it failed with just one Republican supporter and almost half of Democrats opposed.<\/p>\n

City residents are overwhelmingly Democratic. In 2016, Trump took just 4.09 percent of the vote against Democrat Hillary Clinton. The same year, 86 percent of city voters endorsed statehood.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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