While thousands of District residents braved wind and rain on Monday to demand that Congress pass legislation granting the city a voting representative, one congressman went a step further and introduced legislation that would similarly give the District two senators. Well, kind of.

The legislation, introduced by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) — yes, that Louie Gohmert — calls for the retrocession of all District lands not containing a federal building or monument to Maryland. In short, District residents would become Maryland residents, with all the benefits of full representation. In a press release, Gohmert, a critic of the current legislation before the House, argued that his proposal was both politically feasible and constitutional, noting:

Belittling and misquoting the messenger does not change the Constitution. Now, in a Constitutional effort to give District of Columbia residents a representative, I will be filing a bill on Monday that will cede all District of Columbia land that is not occupied by a federal building back to Maryland. Doing so will allow American citizens in the District to have a representative with a vote in Congress by a Constitutional method, which should not be struck down by the Courts as the DC Voting Rights Act surely would be.

The idea isn’t terribly new, and it has often been marched around as the best remedy to the District’s disenfranchisement. (Similar legislation was introduced in 2005, and George Will recently endorsed the idea in a Post op-ed.) Supporters have long argued that a precedent exists for the measure, noting that the land granted by Virginia for the creation of Washington (including parts of Arlington County and Alexandria) was ceded back in 1847. But opponents argue that the District has developed its own identity and history, and that simply lumping the District back into Maryland would be a lazy way to resolve a longstanding injustice. Moreover, some question whether Maryland would want to assume the District’s responsibilities, including its debt, infrastructure and pressing social concerns.

Currently, Gohmert’s legislation only has one co-sponsor, though it may pick up support from Republicans opposed to the current legislation. Past attempts at retrocession have never gotten far, and in a Democratic Congress, the chances are that this one won’t either. But the question still stands — would you want to be a Maryland resident?