{"id":1775912,"date":"2022-12-15T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775912"},"modified":"2022-12-15T08:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:48:54","slug":"decolonize-puerto-rico-dems-push-to-give-territory-option-of-statehood-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decolonize-puerto-rico-dems-push-to-give-territory-option-of-statehood-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDecolonize\u201d Puerto Rico: Dems Push to Give Territory Option of Statehood, Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdecolonize-puerto-rico-dems-push-to-give-territory-option-of-statehood-independence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">House Democrats on Thursday will call up legislation aimed at ending Puerto Rico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/former-puerto-rican-officer-sentenced-20-years-role-biggest-firearm-robbery-countrys-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">status as a U.S. territory<\/a> and giving Puerto Rican voters a say in whether the island becomes a U.S. state, an independent country or some other form of non-territory status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Democrats prepared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/biden-puerto-ricans-politically-hurricane-fiona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puerto Rico Status Act<\/a> in the House Rules Committee Wednesday night, allowing for debate and a vote on the bill on the House floor Thursday with just days left before they give up control of the House to Republicans. The bill is the result of negotiations that took place this year among lawmakers of Puerto Rican descent and others, but the sudden push to take such swift action related to a U.S. territory shocked Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do have to say, with only a few legislative days left in this Congress, no path forward in the Senate, I\u2019m not sure why this matter warrants an emergency meeting of the Rules Committee when so many outstanding issues remain,&#8221; Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, said Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/640\/320\/Grijalva-crop.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is hoping to quickly move a bill giving Puerto Rico the option of independence.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is hoping to quickly move a bill giving Puerto Rico the option of independence.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats have cast<\/a> the bill as an &#8220;offer&#8221; from Congress to give Puerto Ricans a say in their political status, one that is needed to ensure the &#8220;decolonization&#8221; of the island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/president-biden-visit-puerto-rico-announce-60m-plan-help-territory-recover-hurricane-fiona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VISIT PUERTO RICO, ANNOUNCE $60M PLAN TO HELP TERRITORY RECOVER FROM HURRICANE FIONA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have an opportunity here to deal with the colonial legacy \u2014 a legacy that should not be part of the governance of this nation of ours \u2014 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-agent-suspected-smuggler-killed-shootout-puerto-rico-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico<\/a> deserve to have the same democratic principles that we believe in and swear to,&#8221; the bill\u2019s sponsor, Democrat Raul Grijalva of Arizona, said in July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/border-agents-find-cocaine-dead-man-near-capsized-boat-puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BORDER AGENTS FIND $2M IN COCAINE, DEAD MAN NEAR CAPSIZED BOAT IN PUERTO RICO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/640\/320\/AP20044004455394.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Puerto Rico has discussed ways to change its political status for years, but with no clear result. (AP Photo\/Ricardo Arduengo, File)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Puerto Rico has discussed ways to change its political status for years, but with no clear result. (AP Photo\/Ricardo Arduengo, File)\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The legislation authorizes a federally sponsored plebiscite for the island, and gives Puerto Rico the choice of independence, statehood, and sovereignty in free association with the United States. It would fund voter education efforts in the lead-up to the vote and includes details on how Puerto Rico would transition to its new status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans argued Wednesday<\/a> night that the bill essentially funds Puerto Rico\u2019s sovereignty or statehood without demanding anything in return, such as payment of taxes. They also said the bill only went through the House Natural Resources Committee and that several other committees should have a say on something as important as a revised political status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico-faces-another-day-without-power-flash-flooding-catastrophic-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HURRICANE FIONA: PUERTO RICO FACES ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT POWER, FLASH FLOODING \u00a0AND \u2018CATASTROPHIC\u2019 DAMAGE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640\/320\/Untitled-design-92.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A man stands in front of a beach before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in San Juan, Puerto Rico.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A man stands in front of a beach before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Alejandro Granadillo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House passage of the bill today will send it to the Senate, but as Republicans point out, it&#8217;s not clear there is the time or support for the bill there. Democrats would need to find at least 10 Republican votes to pass it at a time when Congress is focused on avoiding a partial government shutdown and funding the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/special\/occasions\/christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before the Christmas break.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats on Thursday will call up legislation aimed at ending Puerto Rico\u2019s status as a U.S. territory and giving Puerto Rican voters a say in whether the island becomes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1775915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9226,5458,3933,9224,9227,6800,3688,3819,5282,6802,9225],"class_list":["post-1775912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-decolonize","tag-bongino","tag-dems","tag-independence","tag-option","tag-puerto","tag-push","tag-report","tag-rico","tag-statehood","tag-territory"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1775915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}