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  Republican proposes giving Democratic-leaning part of Virginia back to DC after redistricting vote By   JESSE BEDAYN  and  MIKE CATALINI Updated 4:39 PM EDT, April 23, 2026 Virginia’s  redistricting referendum,  which could net Democrats a 10-1 House seat advantage, is spurring Republican legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost the state Democratic voters. Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick said Thursday he introduced the Make DC Square Again Act, a bill that would undo the 19th century return of the southwestern part of the district to the state of Virginia, known as retrocession. “The Make DC Square Again Act restores the original ten-mile-square District and ends the artificial advantage Virginia Democrats have recently gained from all the federal bureaucrats moving into Virginia,” McCormick said in a statement. The measure’s prospects are unlikely in a Congress that can barely keep the lights on. But it’s the l...