Puorto Rico State Number 51

Did you hear that congress is voting for Puorto Rican statehood? Neither had I untill Glenn Beck this morning. See:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2502196/posts

I emailed my representative in congress:

At a time when federal spending levels threaten the stability and future of our economy, it does not make sense to push a bill that favors admitting a 51st state that is so poor that taxpayer-funded welfare benefit spending would be guaranteed.

Also the stealth methods of this bill that are designed to deceive both the US and Porto Rican voters are repugnant to democracy and my idea of a deliberative representative legislature.

Will Democrat Norm Dicks care? I doubt it.