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Annex Arlington and Fairfax to D.C.
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Annex Arlington and Fairfax to D.C.
Even though I'd suffer from such a move -- living here in the verdant hills of South Arlington, between Guatemala and Honduras -- this should be a recurring topic in the legislature. And it should be brought up every time "my representatives," that gang of fellow travelers ...
Ebbins (D), Favola (D), Hope (D), Sullivan (D), and Lopez (D)
...renew their bleating in support of Fearless Leader, especially his efforts that undercut and contravene the Constitutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia and these United States of America.
This 'Gang of Five' know they would lose their jobs if Arlington was part of that cesspool that is the District of Columbia. They would likely become more reluctant to advocate their Marxist philosophy if such advocacy always resulted in legislative consideration of Arlington being restored to its rightful place in the "100 square miles" that was to become the seat of the government of the United States.
On July 9, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The exact location was to be selected by President George Washington, who signed the bill into law on July 16. Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring 10 miles on each side, totaling 100 square miles. ... The Virginia General Assembly voted in February 1846 to accept the return of Alexandria. On July 9, 1846, Congress agreed to return all the territory that had been ceded by Virginia. Therefore, the District's current area consists only of the land originally donated by Maryland. (
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