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House committees vote on D.C. statehood and reparations bills Grace Segers © Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Biden s Hopes For GOP Backing On Next Economic Plan Shrinking Washington Two House committees took up measures long championed by progressives on Wednesday, signaling that congressional Democrats are willing to move forward with their priorities despite narrow majorities in the House and Senate. One panel voted to advance a bill to admit Washington, D.C., as a state, while the other approved a measure that would create a commission studying reparations for descendants of slaves. Inside the push for D.C. statehood

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