“Thirty years ago, we controlled the House in no small part because of Southern Democrats,” Ms. Norton said on the latest episode of History As It Happens podcast. “They were good Democrats, but when it came to a matter that they had never considered before, and that’s what D.C. statehood was, it was a step too far for them. Now Southern Democrats are Republicans.”
In 2021, more than enough Democrats support statehood to pass the legislation in the House, and Ms. Norton is confident her party will be able to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate, where a final vote would potentially come down to a tiebreaker cast by Vice President Kamala Harris.
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