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Tom Carper: “The Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, the Admissions Clause, which says that Congress can admit new States into the…”

On the recordJune 21, 2021
The Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, the Admissions Clause, which says that Congress can admit new States into the union.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper cites the Constitution to support Congress's authority to admit new states.

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