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US House lawmakers made history Friday by voting for Washington to become the nation’s 51st state, but the move, a push for equal voting rights for the capital’s residents, is doomed in the Senate.
A small chorus of cheers went up as the measure passed along party lines, with all but one Democrat in support and every voting Republican opposed.
Washington DC to become a state?
“For more than two centuries, the residents of Washington, DC have been denied their full right to fully participate in our democracy” despite paying taxes, serving in the military and operating businesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said before the vote.
“Today, we will bring our nation closer to the founding ideals that all are created equal and all deserve a say in our democracy.”
More than 705,000 Americans live in the District of Columbia, a Democratic stronghold with a population greater than two states, Wyoming and Vermont, and comparable to two others.
Democratic lawmakers frame the DC statehood bill as an overdue remedy to disenfranchisement perpetuated since Congress made Washington the nation’s permanent capital in 1790, and a longstanding civil rights issue for a city that’s nearly 50 percent black.
The statehood vote is the first in Congress since 1993. Never has such a bill — appropriately titled HR-51 — cleared the House or Senate.
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Washington DC to become the 51st state of the US
US House lawmakers made history Friday by voting for Washington to become the nation’s 51st state, but the move, a push for equal voting rights for the capital’s residents, is doomed in the Senate.
A small chorus of cheers went up as the measure passed along party lines, with all but one Democrat in support and every voting Republican opposed.
Washington DC to become a state?
“For more than two centuries, the residents of Washington, DC have been denied their full right to fully participate in our democracy” despite paying taxes, serving in the military and operating businesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said before the vote.
“Today, we will bring our nation closer to the founding ideals that all are created equal and all deserve a say in our democracy.”
More than 705,000 Americans live in the District of Columbia, a Democratic stronghold with a population greater than two states, Wyoming and Vermont, and comparable to two others.
Democratic lawmakers frame the DC statehood bill as an overdue remedy to disenfranchisement perpetuated since Congress made Washington the nation’s permanent capital in 1790, and a longstanding civil rights issue for a city that’s nearly 50 percent black.
The statehood vote is the first in Congress since 1993. Never has such a bill — appropriately titled HR-51 — cleared the House or Senate.
Read full article...
Washington DC to become the 51st state of the US
