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23 de abr. de 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...
- What Are The Origins of DC’s Lack of Full Voting Representation?
- What Is The History of The Movement For DC Statehood and Self-Government?
- How Has DC’s Status Affected Its Residents?
- What Is The Washington, DC Admission Act?
- Can Congress Admit DC as A State?
- What Are Arguments Made Against DC Statehood?
- What Makes DC Statehood A Civil Rights Issue?
- What Is The Outlook For DC Statehood?
The District Clause, found in Article Iof the Constitution, empowered Congress to establish a federal capital district “not exceeding ten miles square” where it would “exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever.” But the Framers made a fateful omission: They failed to provide a means for representation for the district’s future resident...
Over many years, the district’s residents have campaigned to secure the same voting rights enjoyed by citizens of states. These efforts intensified during the civil rights era, leading to the movement’s first success. In 1960 Congress approved the 23rd Amendment, which allowed DC citizens to vote in presidential elections. The measure was ratified ...
The slogan “End Taxation Without Representation,” found on DC license plates, highlights one of the primary harms caused by the lack of voting representation in Congress. DC residents pay more in federal taxes per person than any other state — and more than 22 statesin the aggregate. Congress continues to exercise extensive authority over DC’s budg...
The bill would turn most of present-day Washington, DC, into a new state called Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The new state would be on equal footing with the existing 50, with the same level of control over its own affairs and full voting representation in Congress, with two senators and one representative. A small capital district comprising...
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 government. Congress has historically applied ...
Opponents have raised several arguments questioning the constitutionality of admitting the district as a state. Some argue that it requires the consent of Maryland, the state from which the land was originally granted. This view is contradicted by historical documentation showing that when Maryland ceded the territory, it stipulated that the land w...
If admitted, DC would have the highest proportion of Black residents of any state. For decades, starting in the 1960s, the city had a majority Black population, still accounting for nearly halfof its residents. Disenfranchising Black voters has both explicitly and implicitly been part of the rationale against efforts to expand voting rights and rep...
Statehood supporters reached an important milestone in June 2020 when the House voted for the first time to admit Douglass Commonwealth as a state, passing H.R. 51 by a vote of 232 to 180. It approved the measure again in April 2021 by the narrower margin of 216 to 208. Both votes fell almost entirely along party lines, garnering no Republican supp...
17 de jun. de 2020 · Many statehood advocates have pointed out that there is no constitutional reason that D.C., a 68-square-mile city with a larger population than Wyoming and Vermont, cannot become a state.
- Becky Little
Washington, DC can afford to be a state: DC takes on the responsibilities of a statehood without enjoying all the rights and privileges embodied in the U.S. Constitution often referred as “taxation without representation”. DC residents pay the highest per-capita federal income taxes in the US.
22 de abr. de 2021 · April 22, 2021. WASHINGTON — The House voted along party lines on Thursday to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., as Democrats moved to use their congressional majority to accomplish a...
8 de jan. de 2021 · Will D.C. become a state? Explaining the hurdles to statehood. House Democrats pledge to vote on a statehood bill before the summer, providing advocates a possible way forward. By Meagan...
For most of the modern (1980–present) statehood movement, the new state's name would have been the State of New Columbia, although the Washington, D.C., Admission Act passed by the United States House of Representatives in 2020 and 2021 refers to the proposed state as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth in honor of ...
