If a state, guaranteed 2 democrat senators, 1 democrat congressman. What is up with those 16 "republicans"??-----House passes bill calling for binding vote on statehood for Puerto Rico

House passes bill calling for binding vote on statehood for Puerto Rico

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  The vote was 233-to-191, with 16 Republicans breaking ranks and joining Democrats in backing the measure.
• The legislation would authorize a vote in Puerto Rico to choose whether to become a state, an independent nation, or a country “in free association with the United States.” The island has been a territory since 1898, and residents there were granted citizenship in 1917...