A Constitutional Amendment for Statehood? [View all]
A new House Joint Resolution has been proposed.
H.J.Res. 42 would introduce “an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that a new State may only be admitted into the Union upon a vote of two-thirds of each House of Congress.”
The resolution was introduced by Tom McClintock (R-CA). It currently has four co-sponosrs:
Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
Barry Moore (R-AL)
Tom Rice [R-SC)
McClintock explained his motivation in a tweet: ““The attempt to create a state from the District of Columbia is a brazen abuse of power with the obvious intention to pack the U.S. Senate. I introduced H.J. Res. 42, a constitutional amendment to require a 2/3 vote for the admission of states. Such reform would assure that new states are only created with bi-partisan consensus.”
Read more: https://www.puertoricoreport.com/a-constitutional-amendment-for-statehood/
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