b1-66er: I'm interested in any comments you have here.
D4rw1n: I don't talk about it much, but the lack of congressional representation for 700,000 DC residents is deeply morally wrong. Statehood for DC is the correct remedy, in my view. The constitutional soundness of the remedy is preserved by the bill, which would merely reduce the size of the constitutionally mandated federal district to encompass the Capitol, the White House, and a few federal buildings
The filibuster is the only obstacle. There are pros and cons to ending the filibuster rule, but I've come around in favor of ending it
I'm not confident the votes are there right now to end the filibuster, though
b1: I think it's interesting. No one outside the ring even really knows about it.
First time I became "aware," aside from wondering what the hell a District of Columbia WAS,...
... was when I saw a
"Taxation without representation" license plate.
