...As a result, the Founding Fathers wrote article I, section 8, paragraph 17 into the Constitution : The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. Thus, this clause only refers to where the Congress should locate itself and to do its...

...As a result, the Founding Fathers wrote article I, section 8, paragraph 17 into the Constitution : The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. Thus, this clause only refers to where the Congress should locate itself and to do its...

...disparage others retained by the people." Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution provides that the Congress shall have power "To exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States. . . ." 2. Let me begin by discussing the last provision first. This provision, granting...

...fiscal obligation stems from the constitutional provision in Article 1, Section 8, which states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." From the early nineteenth century onwards the idea of the "Federal payment" to the...

...fiscal obligation stems from the constitutional provision in Article 1, Section 8, which states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." From the early nineteenth century onwards the idea of the "Federal payment" to the...

...later be admitted as states to the Union. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, indicates this difference: "Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive...Acceptance of Congress become the Seat of Government of the United States and to exercise like Authority over all places purchased, by the Consent of the Legislature...

...the District flows from Clause 17, Section 8, Article I of the Constitution. This clause states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government in the United States." This Constitutional provision places the District in a unique position. Unlike...

...the District flows from Clause 17, Section 8, Article I of the Constitution. This clause states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government in the United States." This Constitutional provision places the District in a unique position. Unlike...

...the District flows from Clause 1 7, Section 8, Article I of the Constitution. This clause states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government in the United States. " This Constitutional provision places the District in a unique position. Unlike...

...the District flows from Clause 17, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution. This clause states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government in the United States. " This Constitutional provision places the District in a unique position. t/nJike...