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Jun 17, 2020 · The U.S. Constitution ( Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 ) instructed that the seat of government be a “District (not exceeding ten miles square)” over which Congress would “exercise exclusive...
Mar 22, 2021 · 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. The bill was introduced by nonvoting delegate to the House, Eleanor Holmes Norton , who would have no say in its passage.
Mar 18, 2022 · Can Congress admit DC as a state? Yes. The Constitution vests Congress with broad power to admit new states through legislation under Article IV, subject to two limitations: states may not be formed from existing states’ territory without their consent and jurisdictions seeking to join the Union as states must have a republican form of ...
Apr 15, 2016 · To this day, D.C. does not have voting representation in Congress, and the federal government maintains jurisdiction over the city. For proponents of D.C. statehood like Mayor...
Mar 19, 2021 · The main reason why Republicans oppose it today is that it would add two seats in the Senate, as well as one in the House, all of which would probably be held by Democrats (since 1964, when...
Jul 9, 2020 · On June 26, 2020, the House of Representatives passed a bill called “H.R. 51” that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. Though the bill will likely not pass the Senate,...
Jun 26, 2020 · In May, Trump told the New York Post: "D.C. will never be a state. You mean District of Columbia, a state? Why? So we can have two more Democratic—Democrat senators and five more...
