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Being curious, I looked into it more and there's a Wikipedia article about it: District of Columbia retrocession

Maybe a lot of you knew this, but I did not - DC was originally a 100 square mile block of land from both Maryland and Virginia, on both sides of the Potomac. In 1846 the former Virginia side (Alexandria County) successfully petitioned to have their side of DC transferred back to Virginia.

As for the "return to Maryland" side:

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Most residents of Maryland and Washington, D.C. do not support retrocession. A 1994 study showed that only 25% of suburban residents polled endorsed retrocession to Maryland, and that number dropped to 19% among District residents. District residents’ dislike was confirmed in a 2000 George Washington University study when only 21% of those polled supported the option of retrocession.[26] A 2016 poll of Maryland residents showed that only 28% supported annexing Washington, D.C. while 44% were opposed.[27]

Republican legislators have introduced bills to cede DC to Maryland that Democrats have opposed - article doesn't say why, but I assume it's a poison pill to stop DC from getting statehood and thus Senate seats.

09-16-2018 , 06:16 PM

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Jeff Flake says they shouldn’t vote, can he stop it?

09-16-2018 , 06:22 PM

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Jeff Flake says they shouldn’t vote, can he stop it?

09-16-2018 , 06:22 PM

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Jeff Flake says they shouldn’t vote, can he stop it?

He can stop it getting out of the Senate Judiciary Committee (which he sits on). McConnell could move it to the floor anyway but that's highly unlikely.

09-16-2018 , 06:24 PM

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He can stop it getting out of the Senate Judiciary Committee (which he sits on). McConnell could move it to the floor anyway but that's highly unlikely.

How can he stop it leaving committee?

09-16-2018 , 06:24 PM

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Flake is such a gutless turd he probably knows Collins and/or Murkowski are out?

09-16-2018 , 06:25 PM

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How can he stop it leaving committee?

I’m guessing by voting no with the Democrats?

09-16-2018 , 06:26 PM

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I’m guessing by voting no with the Democrats?

I thought he said they shouldn’t vote not that he would vote no?

09-16-2018 , 06:28 PM

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Lol Flake

09-16-2018 , 06:30 PM

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Flake isn't gonna vote no but he really doesn't want you to make him feel bad about it.

09-16-2018 , 06:33 PM

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Republican woman on cnn right now. Asked if it’s true what should happen.

“That would be a concern but the real question is why didn’t democrats bring this up during the hearings?”

Republicans always have thier eye on the ball.

Emails!

09-16-2018 , 06:36 PM

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Just to review, if he were a dem the nomination would be pulled. As a republican the drama is whether there will be even one single no vote.

Also, Republicans can't figure out why they are at something like -30% among women. The party deserves to die.

09-16-2018 , 06:40 PM

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Your point can’t be said enough. If he were a democrat the party itself would majority vote against him. As a Republican he won’t get one no vote. All of this seems so normalized but this really is a stark contrast.

09-16-2018 , 06:51 PM

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Judiciary committee is 11-10. If Flake votes no he doesn't make it out. Pulling something fancy after that may lose the Senate for the GOP.

09-16-2018 , 06:53 PM

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Never forget Trump won white women overall in 2016.

09-16-2018 , 07:04 PM

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We should have a pool as to which republican will be first to say even if true it happened too long ago.

09-16-2018 , 07:08 PM

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We should have a pool as to which republican will be first to say even if true it happened too long ago.

I follow a few of the Federalist Society head honchos and they're all it was a while ago, no contemporanous accounts, put him up to a vote.

09-16-2018 , 07:28 PM

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Apparently she passed a polygraph not that facing what she is going to face, and still going public, isn’t as close to certain proof as one could want.

09-16-2018 , 07:29 PM

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The lady apparently mentioned being attacked by boys from an elite prep school in a couples therapy in 2012.

There is hope.

09-16-2018 , 07:31 PM

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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...re/jeff-flake/

Jeff Flake votes over 80% with Trump. Typical "talk tough, act weak"

09-16-2018 , 07:36 PM

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Holy ****. John Kennedy on fox right now saying it’s a secret letter and we are not allowed to know who wrote it.

09-16-2018 , 07:46 PM

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I mean, as these things go, it’s hard to imagine a more credible accusation. Republicans will nevertheless be in full victim shaming mode by tomorrow morning.

09-16-2018 , 08:00 PM

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I mean, as these things go, it’s hard to imagine a more credible accusation. Republicans will nevertheless be in full victim shaming mode by tomorrow morning.

Mode? You say that like it’s something unnatural for them to do.

09-16-2018 , 08:11 PM

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Right on cue, Maggie ****ing Haberman on twitter warning Democrats to stand down

She is legit the absolute WOAT and enrages me way more than anyone including Hannity types

09-16-2018 , 08:14 PM

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Somebody who does something as violent as is described... that’s not the only time they’ve done something like that. The only chance of him getting torpedoed is more women coming forward in the next few days.

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