House to Vote on Whether to Make Washington DC a State on Tuesday: Committee
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The House of Representatives will vote on whether to make Washington, D. C. a state on Tuesday, April 20, according to the House Committee on Rules.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) previously said that the House would attempt to vote on the bill during the week of April 19, which is next week.
It came after the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N. Y.), voted to advance the measure—House Resolution 51—earlier this week by a 25–19 vote.
According to the bill, the U. S. capital would be shrunk to include the National Mall, monuments, the White House, Capitol Hill, and other federal buildings. The rest of D.C. would become the 51st state called the “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.”
A similar version of the bill was passed in June of last year but was stalled in the Senate, which was then held by Republicans.
If the House passes the bill next week, it is expected to stall in the 50–50 Senate, namely because Republicans—who comprise the minority—can use the 60-vote filibuster. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said in a statement that his Senate counterpart bill, S. 51, has 44 Democratic co-sponsors.
However, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) did not sign on to the bill. Both have also signaled they are opposed to eliminating the filibuster.
After the bill’s passage in the House Oversight Committee, Maloney said, “Statehood for D. C. is about equality, fairness, and ensuring that the dre... (Read more)
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