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Photograph from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Update: The original version of this story listed the Senate bill as having 42 co-sponsors. At the time of publication, this number was actually 44. Passing along strict party lines, legislation to admit D.C. as the nation’s 51st state was approved by the House of Representatives on April 22. It marks the second consecutive year that the chamber passed such a bill, a signal that the statehood question has risen in the Democratic Party’s shortlist of priorities.  Since taking control in January of this year, Democratic leaders in Congress have framed D.C. statehood as part of a broader push to promote voting rights and racial equity. The District’s over 700,000 residents, 46 percent of whom are Black, are not represented by voting members in either the House or the Senate. This arrangement becomes particularly awkward considering D.C. residents pay more federal income t

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