FOX News Rundown Extra: What's Behind The D.C. Statehood Movement?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On Thursday, the House voted on party lines to make the District of Columbia the nation's 51st state. Before that vote, host Lisa Brady spoke to Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and shadow D.C Senator Paul Strauss about the debate over D.C. statehood, why Democrats say it's a civil rights issues and why Republicans call it nothing more than a "power grab." The two guests laid out both sides of the argument, addressed the constitutional questions involved and also gave their take on alternative ways for the residents of Washington D.C. to be better represented in our federal government. Both conversations were informative and passionate, but we could not include everything either guest had to say in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our full conversation with both to Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and shadow D.C Senator Paul Strauss and learn more about this divisive issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.4	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:29.6	I'm Lisa Brady. A renewed push to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state gains some traction,
0:39.7	at least temporarily. The House passed a statehood bill for the second time on Thursday, but it was a party
0:45.3	line vote that faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. Still, there's now a president who supports
0:50.5	it, so the push will continue, along with a fierce debate over what
0:54.8	statehood is really about. Before the House vote, we spoke with Republican
0:58.9	Congressman James Comer of Kentucky, the ranking member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
1:04.0	We also spoke with Paul Strauss,
1:06.0	one of two Shadow Senators DC currently has on Capitol Hill.
1:10.0	We made some edits for time
1:11.0	and thought you might like to hear the whole thing.
1:13.0	And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the weekday Fox News Rundown podcast.
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