2021-04-23 11:20:41 GMT2021-04-23 19:20:41(Beijing Time) Sina English
Reuters
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wears a mask calling for Washington, DC, to be made the 51st US state via the proposed DC Admission Act, to be voted on Thursday at the US Capitol in Washington on April 21.
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to make the US capital Washington the nation's 51st state, but the historic effort is widely expected to fail when it reaches the Senate.
More than 712,000 people live in the District of Columbia, a Democratic stronghold with a population greater than two states and comparable to two others. Supporters of statehood have framed their cause as an effort to end a glaring American civil rights violation.