italian bread
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We were talking about "why" someone would support statehood and you suggested Democrats would support it because it could give them additional votes in the Senate. I said "why" a person or a political side supports it doesn't matter, what matters is whether it will do the people living there any good and if the people are in favor of it.The POINT is that BOTH SCENARIOS require congressional approval. They may be different cases, but they require essentially the same "approval". New state from new land (DC, PR), or new states from existing states, both require an act of congress authorized by the constitution.
1) DC, PR - have to come up with a state constitution and the residents accept (vote) it. Then joint resolution of Congress has to be passed to accept the state.
2) Split a state - as mentioned above, via Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution. Requires . . . guess what . . . a joint resolution of Congress be passed.
But now you've changed it to "how" a region becomes a state. And that wasn't the topic of the discussion.