Echelon-Insights Poll : Senate control split at 45/45, voters fear a democratic trifecta

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

If D's assume the Trifecta there is alot that they can do thru Reconciliation but not every bill can go thru Reconciliation except for fiscal matters like Stimulus unless Manchin changes his mind on Filibuster and allows DC Statehood

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Feinstein resigning helps D's in GA, Feinstein was the naysayer on Filibuster Reform and as Ranking Member on a Judiciary Cmittee you have to go with the Progressive wing of your party which will put pressure on Manchin should Ds assume the majority. He said he was against it but he can change that, he said that on Twittee

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

If Ds win the trifecta they will expand the SCOTUS and make DC a state, that is why Rs need to save the senate at all costs, to protect conservative policies.

Oh yeah, that would really be terrible if those...urban people had representation in Congress!

People of DC have representation in the House which is the popular chamber of Congress (aka the people's chamber), but as DC has never been intented to be a state it is logical you have no senator from the district.

She has no voting power, she wants voting power and the Constitution gives the power to Congress to change a territory to a state.  ALL THE TERRITORIES NOT THE ORIGINAL 13COLONIES WERE ADMITTED FIRST AS TERRITORIES AND BASED ON THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO SLAVERY OR NOT THEY WERE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION. YOUR ARGUMENT FALLS FLAT. CALI AND IL WERENT STATES, THEY WERE TERRITORIES AT FIRST, ANY TERRITORY THAT IS ADMITTED BY CONGRESS CAN BE A STATE

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The fact that voters don't ever "fear" a Republican trifecta shows that Democrats are terrible at campaigning.

You really believe this poll and Feinstein resigning yesterday helps D causes in GA, she no longer stands in the way of DC statehood if D's get the Trifecta, Chairman DURBIN will usher in DC Statehood

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

If Ds win the trifecta they will expand the SCOTUS and make DC a state, that is why Rs need to save the senate at all costs, to protect conservative policies.

Oh yeah, that would really be terrible if those...urban people had representation in Congress!

People of DC have representation in the House which is the popular chamber of Congress (aka the people's chamber), but as DC has never been intented to be a state it is logical you have no senator from the district.

Not voting representation, so it doesn't even matter, and why should someone be disenfranchised based on where they choose to live? The current statehood plan keeps DC stateless, it just makes a new state out of the populated areas.

Well in this case you can simply give voting power to the congresswoman of DC.

As for the dem plan which was approved by the House it's just insanity, it would create a new state which would be smaller than Staten Island, besides the entire economy of this state would depend of the federal government money (which would create a lot of problems as this state by definition would get much more federal fundings per capita than any other state). And I'm not even talking of the different constitutionnal issues which could emerge, keep in mind that DC is actually built on lands which technically could still be reclaimed by the state of Maryland.

MD already ceded DC, this issue was already resolved when Ds voted on DC in 2020, retro session, you can't cede back what you pernamently ceded

Dems already have a rep in Congress that doesn't have voting power and she wants voting power and she will look to DC Statehood should Ds get the majority in the Senate