Is it important for public figures and Members of Congress to identify and to name the problem?
The United States is only democratic nation on Earth which disenfranchises the residents of the capital city in its national legislature.
As I understand it, both Maryland and Virginia ceded land to Congress in 1791 and people continued to vote in Maryland or Virginia.
Will the gentleman yield?
Thank you, Madam Chair.
The only way that we have admitted new states to the Union is through Congress.
the inescapable imperative of American history is to give everybody equal rights, equal citizenship, and the right to participate in our gov...
There is no doubt that people tried to conscript constitutional arguments in the service of opposition to other people's equality.
This is the ridiculousness you get into when you try to draw a Federal city into a teacup.
Union and liberty, this was the cry of Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans in the 19th century. It is the cry of the people of Washington, D...
Very quickly, Ms. Mayor, what is the name of the new state? Mayor Bowser. Washington, DC, Douglass Commonwealth.