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BumRushDaShow

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Reply to DJ Synikus Makisimus (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:59 AM

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The statehood issue has been going on for decades. It was one of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's key efforts and there was always some excuse that came out of Congress.

The closet they got to it was back when Sen. Orrin Hatch agreed to sign on for the Senate in 2009 if UT was also given a seat (passing 61-37), but the NRA was able to get an amendment added for the House version that would repeal D.C.'s gun regulations.

The issue of gun regulation in D.C. thwarts it over and over and over.

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