51st State
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D.C. Favors Statehood for Puerto Rico
While District leaders advocate for the city to become the 51st state, they also support Puerto Rico achieving statehood and…
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D.C. Statehood Timeline
This is a timeline on the centuries’ struggle District residents have waged for full citizenship, whether it be for a…
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D.C., National Leaders Rally for Statehood on National Mall
District and national voting rights leaders, as well as the daughter of a former U.S. president, called on Congress June…
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MORIAL: The Goals of Our Civil Rights Movement Will Not Be Realized Until D.C. Statehood is Achieved
We cannot allow this denial of constitutional rights to continue right outside of Congress' front door.
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D.C. Leaders Discuss Statehood During Senate Hearing
District leaders testified in front of a Senate committee on June 22, making the case for the city to become…
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Bowser to Call for D.C. Statehood in Capitol Hill Testimony
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser prepared on Tuesday to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
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D.C. Statehood Activists Gear Up for Historic June 22 Senate Hearing
D.C. statehood activists are organizing their supporters for the June 22 hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security…
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Senate Hearing on D.C. Statehood Bill Set for June 22
Sen. Thomas Carper, the author of his chamber’s D.C. statehood bill, announced Thursday the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental…
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D.C. Republicans Split on Statehood
Congressional Republicans oppose the District becoming the 51st state of the union but the city’s local GOP members look at…
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Five Senators Speak Up for D.C. Statehood
Five U.S. senators spoke Tuesday on the chamber floor in support of passing a bill to make D.C. the union's…
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