GOP bill would squeeze Democratic hives out of Virginia — and back into DC

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick (R) introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at turning Virginia red by offloading liberal jurisdictions back onto the District of Columbia.D.C. was established in 1790 through the Residence Act on 100 square miles of land ceded by Virginia and Maryland to the federal government. In 1846, however, Congress passed a law retroceding "and forever relinquish[ing]" present-day Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to Old Dominion, thereby limiting D.C. to the Maryla...