![]() Residents have no representation in the Senate.Ĭongress can also meddle in the District's affairs - it can vote to overrule laws passed by the D.C. ![]() Its delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, won't be able to voice her "aye" on HR 51 on the House floor because she can only vote in committees, despite writing the bill and championing it for decades. does not have full representation on Capitol Hill. ![]() would be the country's only plurality-Black state.Ĭurrently, despite having a bigger population than two states and paying more per capita in federal taxes than all 50 states, D.C. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) framed it as part of the GOP's national efforts to restrict access to the ballot among people of color. citizens from voting, because they were concerned that D.C. The real power grab, Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) contended, was Republicans blocking 712,000 U.S. Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) was among the Republicans who referred to it as an unconstitutional power grab by liberals in a bid to create a "socialist utopia." The partisan dynamics of the votes illustrate that statehood has not won over Republicans. to take on responsibilities like control over its incarcerated residents or courts systems. president, before HR 51 could go into effect), or to set specific, tight timelines for D.C. statehood (as with a measure that would have required the repeal of the 23rd Amendment, which allows D.C. Still, Democrats accused Republicans of using the measures to introduce ways for state legislatures to veto D.C. would handle policies related to abortion, guns, and sanctuary cities - all of the amendments on Wednesday concerned the process of the District becoming a state. Unlike the markup during the previous Congressional term - in which GOP members proposed amendments related to how the future state of D.C. During the more than four hours of the committee's meeting, only Republicans offered amendments to HR 51, the bill in question, all of which were ultimately rejected by the Democrat-led committee. Markups offer legislators the chance to propose amendments to legislation. a state is headed to the House floor for a vote next week, after the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed the measure on party lines during Wednesday's markup. “You want to make this another January 6th hearing, and this is not! This is the rules committee!” the Republican added.Įnding the clash, Mr Raskin called Mr Clyde’s words “dangerous” and encouraged him to watch the officers’ testimony from that morning.Statehood advocates rally near the Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing in March. “I’m not responsible for an internet meme, okay?” Mr Clyde said. “That is not my statement!” Mr Clyde said, arguing that Mr Raskin was misquoting him. “Lots of people online believed your statement that it was a normal tourist visit.” “I have read your statement once,” Mr Raskin said. “That statement did not say that those people were tourists,” Mr Clyde said. Mr Raskin noted that the officers who testified that morning had “battl that medieval mob” and again pushed Mr Clyde on whether he thought they were tourists. “And I stand by that exact statement as I said it,” Mr Clyde replied. You know, if you didn’t know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.” Mr Raskin then read Mr Clyde’s statement: “Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol and walked through Statuary Hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes, taking videos and pictures. “Quote my exact statement, not your interpretation of my statement,” Mr Clyde responded. “Do you stand by your statement that they were tourists?” Mr Raskin asked Mr Clyde on Tuesday night. “If that’s what American tourists are like, I can see why foreign countries don’t like American tourists,” Mr Hodges told Mr Raskin on Tuesday morning when asked to comment on some saying that members of the mob were resembling tourists. His response to Republicans comparing them to tourists: "If that's what American tourists are like, I can see why foreign countries don't like American tourists" /uBkQTK7c3k Code definition of domestic terrorism to explain why he calls Capitol rioters "terrorists"
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