As President Donald Trump continues to make threats about further involving his administration in local affairs, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has proposed that the District of Columbia retrocede into Maryland.
District officials have argued for statehood for decades, with lobbying reaching a fever pitch during the last Trump administration despite the GOP’s heavy resistance to such an action. Raskin has a different idea for how the district’s residents can get voting representation in the Senate and House of Representatives.
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