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The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved a bill that would make Washington, DC, the country s 51st state.
H.R. 51 is expected to pass a full House vote along party lines next week.
But the legislation is almost certainly doomed in the Senate, where it would need 60 votes to pass.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would make Washington, DC, the country s 51st state.
The Washington, DC Admissions Act or H.R. 51, introduced by DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, is expected to pass a full House vote along party lines next week.
House committee votes to approve bill that would grant DC statehood
The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted on Wednesday to approve a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles for final passage even when the party controls both chambers on Capitol Hill and the White House. The tally was 25-19.
“Today is an historic day for our country and our democracy,” Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney said in her opening remarks ahead of the vote. “For only the second time in a generation, we will vote on whether hundreds of thousands of American citizens will finally have their voices counted in Congress.”
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