Original sentence: Nearly every presidential candidate for the Republican party has endorsed statehood; but many legislators worry about the potential for a Spanish-speaking majority state of Puerto Rico to tip the balance of power in congress.The proposal was controversial in Puerto Rican politics for two reasons: 1)  the legislation was encouraged by two avid statehood supporters, Governor Pedro Rosselló and Resident Commissioner Carlos Romero Barceló, and seemed to favor unchangeable status choices over Commonwealth; and 2) the Commonwealth option in the bill defined Puerto Rico "territory subject to the supreme powers of the U.The senior sponsor of the bill was Don Young, republican congressman from Alaska
Edited sentence: If the intention of the Young Bill was to motivate the island to choose more permanent options, and that Congress would abide by those choices, the effort failed on both counts.Nearly every presidential candidate for the Republican party has endorsed statehood; but many legislators worry about the potential for a Spanish-speaking majority, impoverished, state of Puerto Rico to tip the balance of power in congress.The proposal was controversial Puerto Rican politics for two reasons: 1)  the legislation was encouraged by two avid statehood supporters, Governor Pedro Rosselló and Resident Commissioner Carlos Romero Barceló, and seemed to favor unchangeable status choices over Commonwealth; and 2) the Commonwealth option in the bill defined Puerto Rico "territory subject to the supreme powers of the U.The senior sponsor of the bill was Don Young, republican senator of Alaska