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A very recent podcast by historians entitled 'After Hurricane Maria' will help those unfamiliar with Puerto Rico's history to understand what happened. It's "a

A very recent podcast by historians entitled 'After Hurricane Maria' will help those unfamiliar with Puerto Rico's history to understand what happened. It's "a look at the historical relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States." A transcript is also available. https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/after-hurricane-maria/ https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/after-hurricane-maria/ PR is not a state, and it has no Senators or Congresscritters to represent it. It is what in other countries is called a 'dependency'. And deliberately kept that way for over a century.

pasbesoin 8y ago
It has one seat in the House, carrying the title of Resident Commissioner (as opposed to Delegate, which is how most other territorial members are titled). As I understand it (very limited), the position's voting rights/opportunities are severely constrained and, in most or all significant matters, non-existent. [Addendum: Depending upon committee memberships, arguably, being able to vote in/on committee matters -- particularly, to move legislation out of committee -- may be a significant power in particular circumstances. As well perhaps, again in particular circumstances, the ability to introduce legislation. Occasionally, the latter exerts significant political influence regardless of the success or failure to pass of said legislation.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Delegates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_members_of_the_United_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but who do not have a right to vote on proposed legislation in the full House but are nevertheless able to participate in certain other House functions. Non-voting members may vote in a House committee of which they are a member and introduce legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)#Expanding_(and_contracting)_voting_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... -- Separately, note also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)#Resident_commissioner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... Similar to delegates are resident commissioners, who represented the large areas acquired during the Spanish–American War, and for much of the 20th century were considered colonies, not territories and unlike the previously acquired areas which would become the contiguous U.S. or Alaska and Hawaii, did not have residents with the rights of, or to U.S. citizenship.[13] Unlike incorporated territories, they have the right to secede from the Union, and in the case of the Philippines, they have.

pasbesoin 8y ago

It has one seat in the House, carrying the title of Resident Commissioner (as opposed to Delegate, which is how most other territorial members are titled). As I understand it (very limited), the position's voting rights/opportunities are severely constrained and, in most or all significant matters, non-existent. [Addendum: Depending upon committee memberships, arguably, being able to vote in/on committee matters -- particularly, to move legislation out of committee -- may be a significant power in particular circumstances. As well perhaps, again in particular circumstances, the ability to introduce legislation. Occasionally, the latter exerts significant political influence regardless of the success or failure to pass of said legislation.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Delegates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_members_of_the_United_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but who do not have a right to vote on proposed legislation in the full House but are nevertheless able to participate in certain other House functions. Non-voting members may vote in a House committee of which they are a member and introduce legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)#Expanding_(and_contracting)_voting_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... -- Separately, note also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)#Resident_commissioner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congre... Similar to delegates are resident commissioners, who represented the large areas acquired during the Spanish–American War, and for much of the 20th century were considered colonies, not territories and unlike the previously acquired areas which would become the contiguous U.S. or Alaska and Hawaii, did not have residents with the rights of, or to U.S. citizenship.[13] Unlike incorporated territories, they have the right to secede from the Union, and in the case of the Philippines, they have.