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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least Chris Van Hollen is sticking up for DC citizens.[/quote]

Yes.

This happens because DC has no voting representation in the Senate.
(No chance DC or Maryland would ever agree to merge- a huge majority of DC voters voted for statehood.)

No Senators feel personally responsible to the 700,000 American citizens that live in the Senate.  
That is the problem.  
They have their own constituents.  
And the Senate is a hugely important entity in our system.

We need DC Senators with DC constituents to stick up for DC residents in the Senate.[/quote]

I am a DC resident and willing to keep an open mind about this. Why do we say that 'It would never happen.' It has already happened with the DC retrocession to Virginia. There is historical precedence to this.

Part of me thinks that we should follow that example and retrocede to Maryland, or rewind the Northern Virginia retrocession to restore our state diamond shape before become the 51st state. :-)[/quote]

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