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posted 04-24-2021 03:42 PM
They will do anything to control the country!
DC is one step closer to becoming the 51st state after House vote. What happens next? BY BAILEY ALDRIDGE APRIL 22, 2021 03:11 PM Advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a fifty-first state, in Washington, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a fifty-first state, in Washington, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE AP
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C., a state — but it’s unlikely to gain enough support in the evenly-divided U.S. Senate to become law.
The legislation, passed 216-208 along party lines after debate on the House floor, would create a 51st state called Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, that would consist of “most of the territory of the District of Columbia” and would give it an “equal footing with the other states.”
If passed, the bill would give D.C. the standard two senators and one voting representative in the House.
TOP ARTICLES Inside Biden’s COVID response team, constant texting and nightly presidential reports Supporters of D.C. statehood have said the push is about fair representation, pointing out that the district has a larger population than some states and that residents pay the highest per capita income taxes in the country without having lawmakers representing their interests in Congress. They also say race is a factor, as the district is 46% Black as of 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
But opponents have called it a “power grab,” with some arguing it would make it more difficult for Republicans to get majorities in the Senate.
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Now the bill will go to the U.S. Senate for consideration. If passed, it would go to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law, making D.C. a state.
The president has previously said he supports D.C. statehood, and his administration on Tuesday released a statement calling for a “swift and orderly” transition to statehood.
“For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have been deprived of full representation in the U.S. Congress,” the statement said. “This taxation without representation and denial of selfgovernance is an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded.”
But the bill would need 60 votes to pass the Senate, as required to end debate on the floor, and therefore 10 Republicans along with all Democrats to vote in favor — which is unlikely as several Senate Republicans have voiced opposition to the bill.
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