Balkanization commences!
Obviously I'm shitposting, but I wonder if this will result in the Governors forcefully reclaiming the autonomy they had before the ACW? We're one bad riot away from a "municipal militia act".
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Balkanization commences!
Obviously I'm shitposting, but I wonder if this will result in the Governors forcefully reclaiming the autonomy they had before the ACW? We're one bad riot away from a "municipal militia act".
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Duke Nukem
Hail to the king baby
Wtf
DarthOne
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....well that's worrying.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up.
LindyAF
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It's +2 dem senators. The Senate is usually pretty close, often by that margin, so it's fairly significant in terms of senate control. I'm pretty sure the margin for filibuster would change to either 61 or 62 as well, so it's either net +1 dem senator or +0 dem senators with regard to fillibuster.
I think it's just +1 dem rep so that matters less but is still a factor.
LindyAF
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Looking at 107th congress on, it would make it so that the dems would have controlled the senate rather than Republicans between Jan 20, 2001 and May 24, 2001, would have made 2003-2005 a tie (but with Cheney breaking the tie), 2017-2019 a tie (with Pence breaking the tie) and prevented the current senate from being a tie (with Harris breaking the tie). Maybe most significantly, if the threshold for filibuster were 61, then the dems probably would have been over the threshold for 2009-2011, rather than only being past it for a brief period.
They seem to be going for broke with every crazy thing they can to stay in power permanently. Maybe if we can hold out long enough, they can't win through fraud like they did before.
Megadeath
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Why exactly is DC getting statehood crazy?
It was never meant to be state in its purpose and is being done for purely partisan reasons.
Robovski
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I'll stick my neck out and say DC was never meant to be a state, it isn't part of a neighboring state on purpose.
Abhishekm
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Isn't Washington DC like just the city though? Whats the requirement to be called a state anyway? Don't know much about this stuff but wasn't it just some spot in Maryland that got named the Capital?
Also if DC becomes a State does that mean the US will have a Capital State? Or will you cordon off a bit of it as a Washigton City and call that the Capital? Also would Washington State have to change its name or does it have dibs? Very confusing, like if you guys were just going to have the capital be in a state why not just merge it back to Maryland or wherever it is.
Also if DC becomes a State does that mean the US will have a Capital State? Or will you cordon off a bit of it as a Washigton City and call that the Capital? Also would Washington State have to change its name or does it have dibs? Very confusing, like if you guys were just going to have the capital be in a state why not just merge it back to Maryland or wherever it is.
Wargamer08
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See none of those details matter. All that matters is those sweet extra senate seats. So no one pushing for it really cares how the details are worked out. Honestly keeping it a work in progress that they need to keep doing studies and committees on works just fine as long as they can vote for senators.
Largo
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No, those details have been discussed. Basically, the Capitol Mall and the immediate area around it wouldn't be part of the state of DC and would remain under the Federal government's jurisdiction, while the rest of the area would become part of the state. This would technically leave the few people who do live in that area disenfranchised, but whatever.
Abhishekm
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Well I suppose it would be appropriate for the US to have a Capital Mall. Even if it did come after the idea of malls kinda started fizzling out.
D.C. is basically like a federation of the federal government.They directly control it and for all their complaining they do have representatives In the form of the president himself and D.C.'s mayor who also has direct communication with the man.