An NRO piece details how Nancy Pelosi seeks to slip statehood for Puerto Rico into law. The law would create a referendum procedure designed to eventually would lead to passage. She would create a state with 20 percent of its residents speaking English fluently & with Spanish as the official language. She will use the House "suspension rules"--suspending normal rules allowing amendment of legislation--traditionally used, as this CRS report on House Suspension Rules indicates, "to act expeditiously on relatively noncontroversial legislation." Oh, and Tsarina Nancy will NOT try to repeal Section 936 of the Internal Revenue Code, which gives investment in Puerto Rico favored tax treatment. Here is a paper on special tax rules applicable to Puerto Rico.
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