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In reply to the discussion: Manchin says he doesn't support D.C. statehood bill [View all]riversedge
(70,204 posts)65. "It is how West Virginia was admitted in 1863, how Hawaii was admitted in 1959, and how D.C. will b
Manchin's state was admitted through congressional action. geez!!!
"It is how West Virginia was admitted in 1863, how Hawaii was admitted in 1959, and how D.C. will be admitted in 2021."
@Stasha_Rhodes
in response to Manchin's belief that D.C. statehood shouldn't happen through unilateral action by Congress.
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Manchin opposes D.C. statehood, dealing a blow to Democratic priority
President Biden has endorsed the measure, but with the Senate split 50-50 and no Republican support, Democrats can't afford any defections.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/manchin-opposes-d-c-statehood-dealing-blow-democratic-priority-n1266039
April 30, 2021, 6:34 PM CDT
By Sahil Kapur and Dartunorro Clark
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.................Stasha Rhodes, the campaign director for the pro-D.C.-statehood group 51 for 51, said in response that Manchins state came about by legislation. "It is how West Virginia was admitted in 1863, how Hawaii was admitted in 1959, and how D.C. will be admitted in 2021, she said. No member of the Senate should deny voting rights to 700,000 mostly Black and brown Washingtonians based on a flimsy understanding of the Constitution and American history.
The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed a bill last week, 216-208, along party lines, that would make the nations capital the 51st state. President Joe Biden has endorsed the measure, but Democrats have a 50-50 majority in the Senate and lack Republican support, meaning they cannot afford any defections in order to pass it in the current Congress.
In addition to unifying their caucus, passing the bill would also require the abolition of the filibuster. Manchin sided with legal scholars who say that D.C. statehood would require a change to the Constitution. However, other experts believe Congress can get around that by remaking a part of the District of Columbia, where the White House and Capitol are located, the "seat of the Government of the United States," as the Constitution says, and let the rest of the city of 700,000 become a state.
The legislation that passed the House proposes that by creating a 51st state with one representative and two senators, while a tiny sliver of land including the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the National Mall would remain as a federal district. Instead of the District of Columbia, the new state would be known as Washington, Douglass Commonwealth named after famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who lived in Washington from 1877 until his death in 1895.
An identical statehood bill passed the House in 2020, but it died in the then-GOP-controlled Senate.
Manchin noted that even if Congress were to pass a statehood bill and have it signed into law, "you know it's going to go to the Supreme Court."
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well since WVA is a workers' paradise these days, he does not want more competition nt
msongs
Apr 2021
#7
With potentially two more Dem senators, he'd lose his relevance. Can't have that.
Demnation
Apr 2021
#9
We need this so badly in our educational system, starting in middle school. Thanks again
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2021
#57
No. No state can be made from existing states, or else the GOP would be petitioning to split Texas
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#61
He didnt vote against any of Pres Obama's picks. I dont see why color would matter to him
oldsoftie
Apr 2021
#50
Look at their governor.... WV has been under mining interest control for a long time. nt
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2021
#42
He also doesn't understand that to become a state doesn't require a constitutional amendment
JohnSJ
Apr 2021
#40
Of course he does, his problems have nothing to do with the Constitution, he's
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2021
#41
Yes, I wonder if this is an easy "no" for him since he gets to build his conservative credentials
PoliticAverse
Apr 2021
#55