True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« on: September 07, 2004, 09:37:16 PM » |
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DC is not a state. The non-voting delegates of the District and other territorries actually do get to vote, but only on the committes and sub-commitees they sit on, so they do they do wield some minor influence. The district gets its special status of having electors because of a constitutional amendment. While it is possible that another amendment could be passed to allow the district to elect a Representative, giving it Representation in the Senate without it becoming a State would require all fifty States to approve the amendment. Another possibility would be for Columbia to become a State or to revert to being a part of Maryland. The problem is tho, that Washington is dependent upon the subsidies it gets from the Federal government, so Maryland wouldn't accept it and Columbia couldn't survive as a State of its own, even assuming that Congress was willing to give up its control over the District.
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