(TheLibertyRevolution.com)- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a plan for “bold change” in Washington, D.C., “no matter what” it takes.
He gave a wide-ranging interview with Reverend Al Sharpton on Saturday’s “PoliticsNation” broadcast on MSNBC. On it, he talked about issues such as “improving our democracy, making D.C a state, automatic voter registration” and other initiatives.
He promised “big, bold change” “no matter what.” He even wouldn’t rule out doing away with the Senate filibuster, saying, “failure is not an option. We must create change.”
He said:
“Well, Rev., we have one goal: Big bold change in America. We would like the Republicans to join us in some of those things at least, and maybe they will. But we are going to get that change no matter what. We cannot — there is such a demand, three issues we have to do: Climate, huge issue facing the country; racial and economic inequality, which has gotten worse, not better, which demands change and justice in a big, bold way; and improving our democracy.
“Making D.C. a state, automatic voter registration, getting rid of ‘Citizens United,’ all the things embodied in H.R. 1, which the House passed and [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell would block up, but we’re going to fight to pass it in the Senate. That’s why we’ve made it S 1. So, climate, racial inequality, economic inequality and democracy, improving our democracy, letting people vote much more easily, dealing with D.C. and Puerto Rican statehood, dealing with bad money that flows in.
“The John Lewis Act, undoing the horrible decisions the court made, which defanged the Voting Rights Act, and that’s why Republicans have gotten away with taking people’s right away to vote for the last four years.”
That’s quite a list of progressive issues Schumer says the Democratic administration needs to undertake.
The movement to make Washington, D.C., a state has been around for a while now, but it picked up steam in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Law enforcement agencies were hampered somewhat by the fact that D.C. isn’t a state. The White House has to mobilize the National Guard, instead of a governor having some powers.
People push for D.C. to become the 51st state for a variety of reasons. The District has more residents than Wyoming and Vermont, and is close in population to Alaska and Delaware. Residents of the city pay more total federal income taxes than residents of 22 states.
But, at the same time, they don’t have any representatives in federal government. The problem, though, is that D.C. statehood is a Democrat-led movement. The city is highly progressive, and would likely give Democrats a huge edge in federal politics — including more votes in the Electoral College, and more representatives in Congress.
That fact has hampered its movement through the legislative process thus far, and many Republicans are likely to continue to fight it if the movement gains more steam.
made it S 1. So, climate, racial inequality, economic inequality and democracy, improving our democracy, letting people vote much more easily, dealing with D.C. and Puerto Rican statehood, dealing with bad money that flows in.
“The John Lewis Act, undoing the horrible decisions the court made, which defanged the Voting Rights Act, and that’s why Republicans have gotten away with taking people’s right away to vote for the last four years.”
That’s quite a list of progressive issues Schumer says the Democratic administration needs to undertake.
The movement to make Washington, D.C., a state has been around for a while now, but it picked up steam in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Law enforcement agencies were hampered somewhat by the fact that D.C. isn’t a state. The White House has to mobilize the National Guard, instead of a governor having some powers.
People push for D.C. to become the 51st state for a variety of reasons. The District has more residents than Wyoming and Vermont, and is close in population to Alaska and Delaware. Residents of the city pay more total federal income taxes than residents of 22 states.
But, at the same time, they don’t have any representatives in federal government. The problem, though, is that D.C. statehood is a Democrat-led movement. The city is highly progressive, and would likely give Democrats a huge edge in federal politics — including more votes in the Electoral College, and more representatives in Congress.
That fact has hampered its movement through the legislative process thus far, and many Republicans are likely to continue to fight it if the movement gains more steam.
