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  1. 6 days ago · Passed by a majority of D.C. residents in 1980, the initiative called for a constitutional convention to create a constitution for a “State of New Columbia” that would then be sent to Congress and President Ronald Reagan for approval in 1982 to grant DC statehood. The New Columbia Statehood commission later found no evidence that the ...

  2. May 9, 2024 · Why DC has no senators? Since Washington, D.C. is not part of any state and is not considered a state itself, its residents do not have voting representation in Congress, the Electoral College, or in the process of amending the Constitution. This lack of voting power for D.C. residents has been a subject of protest.

  3. May 14, 2024 · While citizens of the district participate in the election of the president and vice president through three electoral votes granted by the Twenty-third Amendment, they have no voting representation in the Senate.

  4. May 27, 2024 · Meanwhile, they keep our federal government running, serve in our military and pay federal taxes. Now is the time to act and pass H.R. 51 the Washington, D.C. Admission Act,” said Senator Stabenow. “People often ask me why a U.S. Senator from Delaware would spend his time trying to get statehood for Washington, D.C.

  5. May 7, 2024 · As a state, it would be entitled to two senators and one representative in the House of Representatives. Why Isn’t Washington D.C. a State? Washington, D.C. is not a state because it was specifically created as a federal district to serve as the seat of the U.S. government.

  6. May 25, 2024 · The bill would need to pass in the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate and gain President Joe Biden’s signature to become law. We rate the claim that noncitizens in Washington, D.C., can vote...

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  8. 3 days ago · The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's ...

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