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Joe Lieberman Would Make ‘New Columbia’ 51st State
WASHINGTON — A bill moving the District of Columbia toward statehood has been introduced in the Senate.
On Wednesday, retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), introduced the bill, which would allow D.C. voters to “endorse” statehood.
As first reported by Buzzfeed, the 51st state would be called New Columbia, and would be granted full voting representation in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The National Mall, the Capitol, federal monuments, and certain other parts of the District occupied by government buildings would not become part of this new state, but would remain under federal control. This federal area — still called the District of Columbia — would remain the nation’s capital.
This is the first D.C. autonomy bill to be introduced in the Senate since 2009, when the Lieberman-championed D.C. Voting Rights Act passed in that chamber. That law would have granted full voting representation to the District in the House of Representatives — though not in the Senate — and was derailed in the House over a Senate amendment easing gun restrictions in D.C.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19…d%3D248063
2012-12-20 12:55:42
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