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Apr 23, 2021 · Why do supporters think DC should be a state? The more than 700,000 people who live in Washington, DC, don’t have a voting member of Congress – only a delegate in the House – or...
Jun 26, 2020 · First, the Constitution defines the city as a federal district. Pilon argues that only a constitutional amendment, not Congress, can make it a state. Then there's the 23rd Amendment, which...
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Washington, D.C. is the ancestral home of the Nacotchtank people, also known as Anacostans. After British colonists drove them out of their land, it became part of Maryland and Virginia. In 1790, both of these states ceded the territory to establish the District of Columbia as the capitalof the United States. At the time there were about 3,000 peop...
The 1870s system that denied D.C. residents the right vote for their own local government—as well as the congressional members and president who oversaw that government—stayed in place for nearly a century. During that time, D.C.’s Black population grew. In 1957, D.C. became the nation’s first predominantly-Black city. In 1970, the Black population...
Since 1980, D.C. has advocated for congressional representation through statehood. Activists and politicians have connected D.C.’s fight for representation to similar struggles in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Like D.C. residents in 1960, the U.S. citizens who li...
- Becky Little
Mar 18, 2022 · But as wider voting patterns change, this could shift as it has in other states. Yet voting rights for DC residents shouldn’t depend on who they vote for. DC statehood is crucial for ensuring all eligible Americans the full franchise.
Jul 17, 2020 · Because at least in 2020, DC has virtually no chance of becoming a state. That June 26 vote was almost entirely along party lines; Democrats mostly voted in favor of DC statehood,...
Mar 19, 2021 · The Washington, DC Admission Act—which would carve out an enclave, putting federal buildings within a stateless national capital, but create the new “State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth,”...
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Learn why some people support granting Washington, D.C., statehood, while others argue that doing so establishes a dangerous precedent in this video from A Starting Point. Is granting D.C. statehood the best way to enhance its residents’ political representation and autonomy?
