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H.R. 51 Passed in the U.S. House of Representatives: The District of Columbia Takes A Giant First Step in the Long Journey to Statehood
H.R. 51 Passed in the U.S. House of Representatives: The District of Columbia Takes A Giant First Step in the Long Journey to Statehood

Washington D.C., the District of Columbia, is the capital of the United States and a global model for representative government. Yet 536,000 eligible voters in Washington D.C. who pay federal income taxes do not have representation in Congress. While residents can vote in presidential elections, their one delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives may help draft legislation, but is not permitted to vote on their behalf. Similarly, the District has two shadow senators who lack the ability to vote in the Senate or sit on committees, denying them full representation in either house of Congress.

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Nicholas El-Eini WhitmanD.C. Statehood, Washington D.C., Can D.C. legally be a state, Why is D.C. not a state, H.R. 51