District of Columbia Statehood and Voting Rights

[Jake]

Cut out the government district, or as much as possible, and stick the rest with Maryland. Maryland gets an extra liberal Rep and the DC problem is gone.

[Jake]

Might as well let LA and NY become states too.  Hell, if Chicago, Detroit, and Seattle become states, everyone wins. More GOP senators, more Democrats, more Reps and more salaries to pay

[Jake]

Option 1; make it a full-fledged state.

It would make far more sense to make Virginia Beach a state.

I challenge anyone to come up with an actual, rational reason why a Maryland city, covering so small an area as to be practically invisible on a map, that IS NOT SELF-RELIANT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM and could quite possibly be the most dysfunctional hellhole on the planet should get statehood.

If the Democrats ever make DC a state, as soon as we get Congress back I'll support dividing up Wyoming into pieces the size of DC and admitting them all into the union.

While we're at it, split Texas into five solid Republican states, as it is permitted to do.

While were making a city into a state and padding the Democrat's congressional numbers, let's make Southern PA (70% Bush country) and Northern PA (65% Bush country) into independent states.  They have more people, more land, and are actually self sufficient.

[Jake]

We only have one "district" in the US...but what is a district?  Why not have a constituional amendment that defines a district as a smaller area that's inferior to a state, and is represented by 1 voting member of Congress?
Areas like Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, etc., could also become districts.

Let's eliminate DC and make it part of Maryland. Then, the territories can stay territories and everyone can go on with their lives without much hassle.

[Jake]

We only have one "district" in the US...but what is a district?  Why not have a constituional amendment that defines a district as a smaller area that's inferior to a state, and is represented by 1 voting member of Congress?
Areas like Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, etc., could also become districts.

Let's eliminate DC and make it part of Maryland. Then, the territories can stay territories and everyone can go on with their lives without much hassle.

I agree, except give it to Virginia. Or split it 50-50.

That makes NO sense. DC was part of Maryland historically, they are on the Maryland side of the Potomac, and the residential areas are are near Maryland, not the river.