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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“I’m here representing a voice that is not being listened to, and that is the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana and the Wetzel family,” Daines said, according to the Washington Post. “I serve them. … I’m here representing my constituents.”

Problem is he actually gets a vote to represent his constituents, who will probably never set foot on RFK soil

But the people who live adjacent to the stadium don't get to have a senator who has a vote. We have nobody to serve us or represent us in any meaningful way- because shadow representatives can't.[/quote]
Here’s an idea. Why doesn’t the Federal government put this land up for auction like it does for surplus property. Would that be fair enough for you?[/quote]

Are you trying to be snarky?

The idea of the federal government selling the RFK land was actually proposed and discussed in a prior house committee meeting some years ago, and I do believe it was a republican representative from some flyover state who proposed it. So then DC actually put forth a bill to purchase it and it never went anywhere.

Problem is, literally cannot get any bill to get to any final vote in both houses because we do not have a representative who has a vote, which gives negotiating power for smaller issues that the majority of the US doesn't care about.

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