White House discussing tweaks to D.C. statehood bill to 'allay concerns' in Senate

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7. But wouldn't that go by the board if D.C. became a state...

...since it was no longer a non-state territory?

My guess is that the only acceptable "compromise" for Republicans would be if they simultaneously allowed the rural eastern half of deep-blue Oregon or Washington to become a separate state as well, giving them two more safe Senate seats in exchange for the two safe Senate seats we'd pick up from D.C. Nothing, and I mean nothing, else would be satisfactory to Republicans, as any D.C. statehood would tip the balance of Senate power to the Democratic side.