Let's put it this way. Just as you wouldn't want to be represented by someone from Ohio, DC residents don't want to be represented by someone that lives in Maryland. Likewise, Maryland doesn't want to have to concern itself with another large city. What you propose is not politically tenable.
Political appointees are not considered "residents" of the District of Columbia. This includes even low-level Hill staffers. Debbie Stabenow is a resident of Michigan [[and must be to hold her office, per Article I of the Constitution). So, suspect all you want. There are 600,000 legal residents of the capital of our nation who don't have any representation in the national legislature--an anomaly in democratic republics of the world.
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