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US House passes bill to make Washington DC the 51st state
Posted : 2021-04-23 10:30
Updated : 2021-04-23 10:30
Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, April 22. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. EPA
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff Republican opposition.
By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support.
In this file photo US Stars and Stripe flags with 51 stars (an extra star for the District of Columbia) are set up on poles on Black Lives Matter Plaza next to the White House on March 22. AFP
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff Republican opposition.
By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support.
The population of Washington, DC, is heavily Democratic. As a state, it likely would elect two Democratic senators, potentially altering the balance of power in the Senate, which now has 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.
The US House of Representatives has passed a Bill to make Washington, DC, the 51st State.
The population of Washington, DC, is heavily Democratic.
The new state would be named Washington, Douglass Commonwealth after George Washington and Frederick Douglass.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff Republican opposition.
By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support.
The population of Washington, DC, is heavily Democratic. As a state, it likely would elect two Democratic senators, potentially altering the balance of power in the Senate, which now has 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.