Posted on 03/08/2019 6:55:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Elections have consequences, and for Democrats, the consequences of failing to win enough seats in the past three congressional elections to have control of the Senate have been enormous.
Not only has the Republican-led Senate approved significant tax reform legislation and repealed the Obamacare individual mandate, it has also confirmed 31 federal appeals court judges and two Supreme Court justices, leaving what will likely be a decades-long mark on the judicial branch. And after recapturing the Senate in the 2018 elections, Republicans are guaranteed at least two more years of controlling who is appointed and confirmed to the judiciary, which is particularly important considering that the Supreme Courts two oldest justicesRuth Bader Ginsburg, 85, and Stephen Breyer, 80lean heavily to the left.
However, despite Democrats recent failures to retake the Senate, Democrats success in 2018 House races could be a sign the tides are shifting in their favor. If they do, Democrats have a plan to significantly reduce Republicans influence in the Senate, or perhaps even allow them to keep control of the Senate for many years to come: grant statehood to Washington, D.C.
The vast majority of House Democrats are promoting statehood for Washington, D.C., by backing House Resolution 51, which provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia. The commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states.
As of February 22, H.R. 51 has 198 cosponsors, all of whom are Democrats. Among the most notable are far-left freshman congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, and establishment Democrats Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Fla., and Maxine Waters, Calif.
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You have 2021 in the title.
The other one has 2020.
So it wouldn’t show up.
Hey that sounds like a good idea.
The seat of government cannot be a state.
-PJ
I like Confusion and Denial.
Then Texas can split into 5 states. There will be one Mexican one, and the rest will be Repubs with 2 senators each if you draw the lines right.
This is why unfortunately Ann Coulter is right—for Trump to merely allow the illegals in the country now to stay will be the end of our nation. The Dems will have imported a permanent majority as we will have become a country that votes like Latin America.
Stick together. Stay with Trump.
The Republic will ultimately be destroyed because the GOP did nothing to stop it.
IIRC, when the Republic of Texas became the State of Texas, two stipulations were included in the Statehood agreement.
1. The Texas Flag may be flown at the same height as the U.S flag.
2. At any time, Texas, at its discretion, may divide itself into five separate States of the USA...
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Not sure the Demoncrats would be happy with four (or, three) new Red States... '-)
Hey, I’m all for forming some new States.
If we split off the east-southeast-south central 2/3 of my state, we would be a good conservative state, and still have more area and more natural resources than most other states.
It would be really nice to have some actual Senatorial representation for a change. For the last twenty years all we have had is leftists who only care about the three major cities that hold half the state’s population.
Aye Laddie, they are ramping up their provocations.
Prepare Prepare Prepare
Guns, Ammo, Medical Supplies, Oh My !
F(orget) Ann Coulter. Attention Prostitute.
The point is not Coulter.
It is her point.
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