the District clause does give Congress, as the gentleman said, plenary authority--that is all the authority--over the District.
that is why we want to become the 51st state in the United States.
the Constitution never envisioned people voting in D.C., yes, they never envisioned a modern metropolis of 700,000 people.
we need to put this committee out of business.
those critiques simply don't hold water.
There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.
But this is unpopular with the citizens in both the District and Maryland.
Many opponents have argued that the District is not capable of governing itself in a fiscally responsible manner.
Statehood means the United States citizens of the District of Columbia will have the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the United States...
There should be no taxation without representation.
Statehood is the only way to give our citizens locally elected representatives, to enact purely local laws that will not be subject to natio...