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Mar 18, 2022 · While the Senate has not taken up the measure, there is significant GOP opposition there too — the Senate bill has only Democratic co-sponsors, and Republican senators criticized the bill in a June 2021 committee hearing, often in jarringly partisan terms.
Jun 17, 2020 · James Madison spelled out the reason for the arrangement, explaining that maintaining an isolated district would prevent any state from holding too much power by being home to the national...
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Mar 19, 2021 · Contemporary opponents of statehood for DC are not so blatantly racist. The main reason why Republicans oppose it today is that it would add two seats in the Senate, as well as one in the...
Feb 19, 2021 · The biggest obstacle to D.C. statehood is the filibuster, the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for passing most bills. Given D.C.’s history of voting with the Democratic Party, there’s no way that 10...
Jul 9, 2020 · By Meghan Jones. Updated: Oct. 24, 2022. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock. It's closer to statehood than ever—but why wasn't it a state in the first place? The topic of whether Washington, D.C. should...
Mar 22, 2021 · But the bill never saw the light of day in the Republican-controled U.S. Senate. However in January 2021, after the Democrats took control of the White House and Senate, Democrats reintroduced legislation to make D.C. a state once again.
Apr 23, 2021 · CNN — Democrats in the House voted on Thursday to make portions of Washington, DC, the 51st US state. It’s important because it is an official step toward creating a new state for the first...
