The Big Trouble if DC Becomes the 51st State

[BeatMan]

 

[BeatMan]

planning to visit there(probably stay in a northern Virginia hotel across from DC) in the future

 

[HisArpy]

If only more people would read the Constitution...

 

[BeatMan]

The District is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation in the Congress. D.C. residents elect a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives, currently Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C. at-large), who may sit on committees, participate in debate, and introduce legislation, but cannot vote on the House floor. The District has no official representation in the United States Senate. Neither chamber seats the District's elected "shadow" representative or senators. D.C. residents are subject to all U.S. federal taxes.[26] In the financial year 2012, D.C. residents and businesses paid $20.7 billion in federal taxes; more than the taxes collected from 19 states and the highest federal taxes per capita.[27]

 

[73Seahawks]

I strongly see Puerto Rico becoming the 51st State.

 

[BeatMan]

a vision of the future

 

[ll74]

DC should be a state.
So should our other territories or they should be released as territories to be independent.