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D.C. statehood bill passes House, setting up historic showdown in Senate


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WASHINGTON - For the second time in history, the House passed legislation Thursday to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state, bolstering momentum for a once-illusory goal that has become a pivotal tenet of the Democratic Party’s voting rights platform.
Democrats approved Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Washington, D.C. Admission Act 216-208 in a party-line vote, describing it as a bid to restore equal citizenship to the residents of the nation’s capital and rectify a historic injustice.
The bill, symbolically titled H.R. 51, now heads to the Senate, where proponents hope to break new ground - including a first-ever hearing in that chamber. ....

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How White Fears of 'Negro Domination' Kept D.C. Disenfranchised for Decades


Rep. Pat Fallon came to the hearing armed with 150 years of census data, and when it was his turn to speak he turned to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser.
“Do you believe that Washington, D.C., has been historically denied statehood based on racial grounds?” the Texas Republican asked, hours into the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on March 22 over whether to make D.C. the 51st state.
Bowser (D) had said in her opening statement that the growth of the city’s Black population over time led to “racist efforts” to deny suffrage to the District so she answered Fallon: “I think it certainly contributed.” ....

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