It seems the concerns about the Pelosi plan to expand the scope of the House by adding a seat for the residents of the District of Columbia are more serious than I at first gave them credit for... and perhaps I was too hasty in dismissing Ryan's worries.
However, I fail to see how Pelosi (or anyone else for that matter) can circumvent the rather clear and concise definition of the scope and role and MAKE-UP of the House and its Members.
Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States..."
Unless she thinks she can convince the rest of Congress and the country that the District needs to become a State (which, by its very definition it cannot), there is no Congressional means by which she (or anyone else) can get that additional seat. DC isn't a State... so it gets no representation in the House, just like Puerto Rico, Guam, Somoa, US Virgin Islands or any other federal district or protectorate has no seat in the House.
As much as the Left isn't going to like this... what they are proposing is "un-Constitutional" in every sense of the word.
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