Updated April 30
Manchin pans D.C. statehood bill in another break with Democrats
The West Virginia senator says he opposes unilateral action by Congress to make the nation’s capital a state and that he believes it needs to be done through a constitutional amendment.
By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, arrives to hold a confirmation hearing Thursday for Tommy Beaudreau of Alaska, nominee for deputy secretary of the Interior Department, at the Capitol in Washington.
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WASHINGTON A long-shot bid to pass legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state got a little longer on Friday.
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This April 22, 2021 photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a USFWS staffer laying next to it. The 240-pound, nearly 7 foot long fish, assumed to be a female was quickly released back into the river after being weighed and measured into the river. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
DETROIT Now that’s a whopper a very old whopper! A 240-pound sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The “real life river monster” was nearly 7 feet long, the agency said Friday on Facebook, where the photo was shared more than 24,000 times by late afternoon. “Based on its girth and size, it is assumed to be a female and that she has been roaming our waters over 100 years. She was quickly released back in
Joe Manchin against Congress making DC the 51st state
Sen. Joe Manchin s break with fellow Democrats makes the odds of the District of Columbia becoming the 51st state even longer. Author: KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Published: 7:33 PM EDT April 30, 2021 Updated: 7:33 PM EDT April 30, 2021
WASHINGTON A long-shot bid to pass legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state got a little longer on Friday. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said that he opposes unilateral action by Congress to make the nation’s capital a state and that he believes it needs to be done through a constitutional amendment. He said prior Republican and Democratic administrations thought the same thing.
The effort to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state became even longer odds on Friday as Senator Joe Manchin once again became the fly in the Democratic ointment