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#Q&A. >> TH4@E FIGHT FOR DC STATEHOO
TAKES A BIG STEP
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THE BILL THAT COULD MAKE THE
DISTRICT OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE 51st STATE AND
THEY COULD VOTE AS
EARLY AS TOMORROW TO SEND THE
VOTE TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. JOINING ME WITH THE LATEST ON
THE
THE
THE MOVE,
THE MOVE, WE ARE BREAKING IT DOWN.
>> 4@IT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH
EIGHT MAJOR STEPS TO
BECOME 4@A LAW.4@4@4@
>> WE ARE GOING TO BREAK THAT
UP IN THE NEAR TERM.4@4@4@4@
>> WE ARE THE ONLY CAPITAL IN
THE 4@FREE WORLD.
>> LET'S BACK UP TO STEP ONE.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM
LAST SEPTEMBER.
LAST SEPTEMBER. STEP ONE OF THE BILL GETS
INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE AND
THEN ASSIGNED 4@TO A
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. THIS IS THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE DISCUSSING THE DC STATEHOOD
BILL.
BILL.
BILL. JUST DISCUSSING
JUST DISCUSSING IT AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW WILL
LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS
THIS EXCEPT THEY WILL
BE WORKING ON THE SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE OF THE BILL
CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS AND THEN
POTENTIALLY TAKING
POTENTIALLY TAKING THE VOTE TOMORROW TO APPROVE
THE BILL.
THE BILL.
THE BILL. THEN IT
THEN IT
THEN IT WOULD GET 4@A 4@VOTE BY THE FUL
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>
HOUSE. >> NO DOUBT IT IS A VERY
CONTENTIOUS AND PARTISAN
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. WITH THE MEETING YOU WENT TO,
WHAT IS THE
MAIN ISSUE WITH REPUBLICANS
BACKING DO 4@YOU 4@HE'S THE
DC STATEHOOD?
DC STATEHOOD? >> THE4@ ONE ARGUMENT IS A
REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT IS
THEY SAY THAT IT TAKES A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO
DO THIS.
DO THIS.
DO THIS. BECAUSE OF ALL THE STATES, DC
IS THE ONLY
ONE MENTIONED IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. TWO THIRDS OF
THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO GO TO TWO
THIRDS OF THE STATE 4@AS WELL.
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING,
YOU SIMPLY NEED A MAJORITY VOTE
IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE
ALL THE OTHER STATES PART 4@OF
THE UNITED STATES, THAT
IS ALL IT TOOK FOR THEM TO BE
ADMITTED TO THE UNION,
A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BILL.
WHAT DOES IT DO
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
RESIDENTS OF THE
DISTRICT, WHETHER OR NOT THE
REALITY 4@IS REAL THAT IT
COULD BE A STATE BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. >> THIS BILL GOES THROUGH THE
PR4@OCESS TOMORROW
PR4@OCESS TOMORROW THAT LOOKS AT THE 4@4@TECHNICAL
LANGUAGE.
LANGUAGE.
LANGUAGE. LIKE WHEN DC
BECOMES ESTATE, WILL THEY
IMMEDIATELY HAVE TWO
SENATORS AND A CONGRESSPERSON
ASKED WHAT ABOUT THE
BOUN4@DARY.
BOUN4@DARY. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 68
SQUARE 4@MILES
SQUARE 4@MILES LARGE.
LARGE.
LARGE. THIS BILL BREAKS IT DOWN TO
JUST TWO SQUARE
MILES.
MILES.
MILES. THE FEDERAL DISTRICT WOULD BE
TWO SQUARE 4@
MILES.
MILES.
MILES. DOUGLAS COMMONWEALTH WOULD BE
66 MILES.
66 MILES.
66 MILES. WHERE THE BOUNDARIES?
I WILL GIVE 4@YOU 4@ONE FOR
INSTANCE.
INSTANCE.
INSTANCE. RIGHT NOW THE TRUMP HOTEL ON
PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IS INSIDE OF THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE NEW
DOUGLAS COMMONWEALTH.
DOUGLAS COMMONWEALTH. REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY, JUST
LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
AS FAR AS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
THIS HAPPENING4@, WE THINK IT I
LIKELY TO PASS THE
COMMITTEE. 4@
COMMITTEE. 4@ IT RUN TO DO A ROADBLOCK INTO
THE
THE
THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE.
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE. THE PUBLIC HAS TO
SEND IT PASSED MITCH MCCONNELL.
I THINK THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT IT PASSES THE
HOUSE IS4@ LIKELY TO
HAVE BEEN BUT WILL RUN INTO A
ROADBLOCK.
ROADBLOCK. >> IT IS NOT A