Many Republicans in Congress, including Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham, have endorsed Maryland retrocession as an alternative to statehood.
Sen. Roger Marshall on Thursday introduced a bill to have the District of Columbia become a part of Maryland, a Republican alternative to statehood that polls suggest is deeply unpopular with residents of both D.C. and Maryland.... [+]
during a break in the fourth day of the Senates second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trumps defense team begins their presentation of the defense that Trump should not be held responsible for the January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol on First Amendment grounds and the fact that he is no longer in office. The bill would make the residential areas of D.C.
The proposal is popular among Republicans in large part because it disarms district residents of their longstanding complaint of taxation without representation while depriving them of two senators – who would likely be Democrats – instead giving them a voting representative in the House.
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