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Idaho legislators gave a sympathetic ear Monday to an Oregon group that wants to redraw state lines so that conservative eastern and southern Oregon would become part of the expanded state of Greater Idaho. A separate group formed by Washington state farmers is pursuing the same idea for eastern Washington.
Two leaders of the group Move Oregon s Borders got a friendly, if somewhat cautious reception when they pitched their idea at a joint Idaho House and Senate committee hearing at the statehouse in Boise. We very much appreciate your coming, said House Environment, Energy & Technology Committee Chair Barbara Ehardt (R-Idaho Falls). It s an intriguing conversation. For me, the resources and what Oregon offers is intriguing to me.
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The bill would set up a process to admit Puerto Rico as the nation s 51st state if such a plan is approved by the island s voters in a referendum.
Axios first reported on the proposal, which is also backed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, Del. Jenniffer González-Colón (R).
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Heinrich noted his own state s path to statehood was decades long. My home state of New Mexico had a similar struggle to achieve statehood. It took 50 New Mexico statehood bills and 64 years before we were finally admitted to the United States, Heinrich said.
Support for statehood for Puerto Rico is growing, though it remains a divisive topic.
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So, for progressives, what’s not to like? In short, the odds.
Though D.C. leaders loyally argue their case, statehood is not politically possible, and they know it. There are two insurmountable hurdles.
First, both House and Senate would need to approve D.C. statehood and the president sign the initiative. The legislation would require the votes of 60 of the 100 senators, who all know that statehood would virtually guarantee a two-seat gain for Democrats.
In perspective, the last states admitted to the union, Alaska and Hawaii (in 1958 and 1959, respectively) resulted only after a decades-long political fight, led by Alaskan leaders and Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt. At the time, President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, favored statehood for then Republican-leaning Hawaii but not for then strongly-Democratic Alaska (though he signed the Alaskan statehood legislation). Ultimately, many longtime congressional opponents of Alaskan statehood from both parties relente