| | However, many conservatives on the mainland are critical of Puerto Rican statehood. Their reasoning is that as a state, it is expected to reliably elect Democrats to Congress and significantly shift the balance of power in the Senate to the Left.<ref name="Byas2017">Byas, Steve (August 23, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/26758-puerto-rico-push-for-statehood-would-it-be-good-for-america Puerto Rico Push for Statehood: Would It Be Good for America?] ''The New American''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref><ref name="Adelmann2017">Adelmann, Bob (June 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/26236-puerto-rico-s-vote-for-statehood-means-nothing Puerto Rico’s Vote for Statehood Means Nothing]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref> Additionally, they point out the territory's large debt despite receiving $22 billion in federal subsidies.<ref name="Street2017"/><ref name="Byas2017"/><ref name="Adelmann2017"/> | | However, many conservatives on the mainland are critical of Puerto Rican statehood. Their reasoning is that as a state, it is expected to reliably elect Democrats to Congress and significantly shift the balance of power in the Senate to the Left.<ref name="Byas2017">Byas, Steve (August 23, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/26758-puerto-rico-push-for-statehood-would-it-be-good-for-america Puerto Rico Push for Statehood: Would It Be Good for America?] ''The New American''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref><ref name="Adelmann2017">Adelmann, Bob (June 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/26236-puerto-rico-s-vote-for-statehood-means-nothing Puerto Rico’s Vote for Statehood Means Nothing]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref> Additionally, they point out the territory's large debt despite receiving $22 billion in federal subsidies.<ref name="Street2017"/><ref name="Byas2017"/><ref name="Adelmann2017"/> |
| | The admission Puerto Rico as a state is being delayed because it’s two senators would change the balance of the United States Senate. By linking the admission Puerto Rico with the creation and admission of New Amsterdam. The balance of the Senate would be maintained and people in NY and the two new states would benefit! New Amsterdam would be created by partitioning New York State. <ref> (2022) ''Admit Puerto Rico & New Amsterdam together as states into the union'' [https://www.constitutional-remedies.com/pr-new-amsterdam-ny.html] Constitutional Remedies. </ref> | | The admission Puerto Rico as a state is being delayed because it’s two senators would change the balance of the United States Senate. By linking the admission Puerto Rico with the creation and admission of New Amsterdam. The balance of the Senate would be maintained and people in NY and the two new states would benefit! New Amsterdam would be created by partitioning New York State. <ref> (2022) ''Admit Puerto Rico & New Amsterdam together as states into the union'' [https://www.constitutional-remedies.com/pr-new-amsterdam-ny.html] Constitutional Remedies. </ref> |