White House Opposes D.C. Vote - washingtonpost.com

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White House Opposes D.C. Vote - washingtonpost.com
The White House declared its opposition yesterday to a bill that would give the District its first full seat in the House of Representatives, saying it is unconstitutional, and a key Senate supporter said such concerns could kill the measure.”The Constitution specifies that only ‘the people of the several states’ elect representatives to the House,” said White House spokesman Alex Conant. “And D.C. is not a state.”
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It’s rare for me to agree with this administration but in this case they are correct.
DC was designed as the seat of government of the United States and belongs to all the states.
It was intentionally designed not to be in any state. Shrink it and cede the residential districts back to the states they came from - if the states will have them. Otherwise let them form their own tiny state and exclude the federal building area and the Potomac from that state. If that’s what they really want to do.
Of course then we have to look at changing all the rules for the rest of the territories.
Aren’t we sick enough of people ignoring the Constitution without resorting to it ourselves?