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Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 6, 1984 [6] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Ben Garrido Blaz: 15,839 50.3% Democratic: Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent) 15,485 49.2% Write-in: 144 0.5% Total votes 31,468 : 100.00% : Republican gain from Democratic
During a March 25, 2010, House Armed Services Committee hearing [37] about the U.S. military installation in Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize", to which Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that."
The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to the states and Washington, D.C., of which Guam is not one. Guam is a federal territory ultimately under the complete authority of Congress. The lack of voting representation in Congress for residents of Guam has been an issue since the foundation of the federal district.
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They cite Guam's increasing reliance on Federal spending as evidence, and question how commonwealth status or statehood would benefit the United States as a whole. [ 2 ] A portion of the people on Guam favors a modified version of the current Territorial status, involving greater autonomy from the federal government (similar to the autonomy of ...
The people of Guam were afforded the opportunity to set and administer policy and laws for the island of Guam. Included in this was the Judicial Branch of the Government of Guam. In 1950 as part of the Judiciary Act, a judiciary reorganization bill was prepared to strengthen the island court system.
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Governor Captain Willis Winter Bradley instituted the Guam Congress during the 1930s as an elected advisory body to the naval governor. On December 8, 1941, Imperial Japanese forces invaded Guam, beginning a three-year occupation of the island. The island was eventually retaken in 1944 during the intense Battle of Guam.