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Your numbers are wrong congressjerk.

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We could call it the great State of Miracle Whip.

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Do we have a splainer on this? Cause I am realizing I need a splainer.

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"Can you please unmute?" has never appeared in the Congressional Register until this past year.

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They're always going to be the ones who are going to pop up in that mode

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Can I suggest dipping into the feed of the great Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is the official Congressional delegate from D.C. and who has been advocating for her city / territory / SEAT OF THE NATION'S CAPITOL for much longer than I think either of us knew a) what statehood was, or b) that D.C. didn't have any

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YAY I AM SO EXCITED

THAT THERE IS A HEARING ON DC STATEHOOD

THAT I GET TO WATCH IT ON WONKETTE

Sorry just a former (possibly future) Hill staff policy wonk(ette) geeking out a bit

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Yeah, but where’s the spite in that? Making them part of WV will let them own all those DC libtards whose votes are going to be worthless.

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Why don't we roll DC into Maryland or Virginia? How about this. Black Americans want a safely Black State, with 2 senators that will be able to vote against the anti-democtratic measures proposed by senators of the fascist white supremacy states. Race based solutions to problems created in large part by racism should be considered pertinent and reasonable.

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Citing "founders" that thought is was cool to own people and force them to do unpaid labor is so 20th century.

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Very persuasive gibberish.

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120 years = Immediate.

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How come DC is bigger than 10 miles?

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Yeah right, the GOP will exempt them from taxation.

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More whites than Blacks in the past....cannot be racist!!!

What about Puerto Rico?

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