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Reply to "Crazy that DC has 100K more people than Wyoming and has no congressional representation"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The crazier and more polarized our political scene gets, the less I can get on board with statehood for D.C. The idea of a state being able to effectively shut down the federal government if they don't like what's happening isn't a comforting one to me at the moment.[/quote] Huh? Why would DC statehood give DC this power? It wouldn't. [/quote] Right now Congress has a lot of power to overrule the decisions of the D.C. local government. Without that ability to overrule the local government, a state could decide to, for instance, shut down all roadways and pedestrian routes around the Capitol to keep Congress from convening to vote on legislation that's expected to pass but with which the local government disagrees.[/quote] Also, for those who would like a citation, see James Madison, Federalist 43. [/quote]
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