A couple questions about DC statehood

[Polishprince]

Time to break-up the Federal government cluster of office in-and-around DC and re-distribute them in various cities nationwide...

Oh, they can leave the Congress and the White House and the Supreme Court there, but they can spread the various agencies across the country, to give everyone a share.

Good point.

Before the invention of modern mass communications, there may have been a good reason to have most of the agencies in Washington.

But there is no reason why the wealth can't be spread around now. Moving the Dept of State to New York City would make a lot of sense as it would allow the various other nations to combine their UN and US diplomatic missions under a single roof.

 

[OKTexas]

Washington D.C. will eventually be a state. Its larger than some other states in population and the citizens of D.C. deserve representation in the House Of Representatives and the Senate.

No they don't they are a US territory, ceded form two States, if the citizens don't like their status they can move to a State.

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Puerto Rico is a US territory

They do not get to vote either. But they are exempt from Federal taxes.

Should DC be treated the same?

See post 80.

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[Doc7505]

I guess beside not teaching the three R's our teachers don't teach America history or Civics either.
The District of Columbia cannot become a State. It is the Capitol of the United States of America and the seat of Government. It will never become a state by statute of existing law deliniated by the U.S. Constitution. It will never be greater that 100 miles square.

This Is Why Washington, D.C. Isn’t a State

The United States capital can't be a state itself because of the Constitution—but could it ever become one?

www.rd.com

"In America’s early post-Revolution days, it would see several different temporary centers of government, all of them northern cities like Philadelphia and New York. While drafting the Constitution in 1787, the Founding Fathers decided that the new nation should have a permanent capital. But they were reluctant to give that much power to one single state. So they wrote in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution that “[The Congress shall have Power] To exercise exclusive Legislation…over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may…become the Seat of the Government of the United States.” The article also stated that this 100-mile district would come from land ceded by the states so that the new seat of government would be independent of any state.
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