| House Approves DC Statehood in Historic Vote |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=54856"><span class="small">Emily Cochrane, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Saturday, 27 June 2020 08:20 |
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Cochrane writes: "It is the first time a chamber of Congress has approved establishing the nation's capital as the 51st state. The measure is all but certain to die in the Republican-led Senate."
House Approves DC Statehood in Historic Vote27 June 20
The legislation, which is unlikely to advance in the Republican-led Senate, would establish a 51st state — Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, named in honor of Frederick Douglass — and allow it two senators and a voting representative in the House. The National Mall, the White House, Capitol Hill and some other federal property would remain under congressional jurisdiction, with the rest of the land becoming the new state. The vote was 232 to 180, with every Republican and one Democrat voting “no.” |
he House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines on Friday to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., the first time a chamber of Congress has approved establishing the nation’s capital as a state.