You missed the important part. This would be the first time where remaining a territory is not an option. voters would have 3 options: Statehood, Independence, and I think the 3rd option was Sovereign nation protected by US? Not sure on the 3rd.
To me, this means that IRS is dismantled as PR was one of the Trusts established to send the money to. It was the last one after the Philippine one was disbanded.
The draft proposal unveiled at an online news conference would commit Congress to accepting Puerto Rico into the United States if voters on the island approve it. But even if the plan were to pass the Democratic-led House, the proposal appears to have little chance in the Senate, where Republicans have long opposed statehood.
As a U.S. territory, Puerto Ricans have U.S. citizenship but are not allowed to vote in general elections; they have a congressional representative with limited voting powers, and they receive less money from certain federal programs than do people in U.S. states.
“Nobody can deny that the current status of Puerto Rico is undemocratic,” said Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, whose New Progressive Party has long pushed for the island to become the 51st U.S. state.
You missed the important part. This would be the first time where remaining a territory is not an option. voters would have 3 options: Statehood, Independence, and I think the 3rd option was Sovereign nation protected by US? Not sure on the 3rd.
To me, this means that IRS is dismantled as PR was one of the Trusts established to send the money to. It was the last one after the Philippine one was disbanded.
https://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/irshist.htm#cooper
And Gorsuch has mentioned recently that he wants to revisit the Insular cases that relate to these territories. 👀👀
I agree...It will never happen
The draft proposal unveiled at an online news conference would commit Congress to accepting Puerto Rico into the United States if voters on the island approve it. But even if the plan were to pass the Democratic-led House, the proposal appears to have little chance in the Senate, where Republicans have long opposed statehood.
As a U.S. territory, Puerto Ricans have U.S. citizenship but are not allowed to vote in general elections; they have a congressional representative with limited voting powers, and they receive less money from certain federal programs than do people in U.S. states.
“Nobody can deny that the current status of Puerto Rico is undemocratic,” said Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, whose New Progressive Party has long pushed for the island to become the 51st U.S. state.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-united-states-puerto-rico-caribbean-darren-soto-da9e2464614ab69fcc3a01f0465833ca