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Today’s hearing on #HR51 will be on Monday AM at 11 AM: oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
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Context: statehood.dc.gov
Some Washingtonians will be showing up at the @USCapitol in support of #DCStatehood this morning. We may go as our daily civics lesson. 🇺🇸
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Context: statehood.dc.gov
Some Washingtonians will be showing up at the @USCapitol in support of #DCStatehood this morning. We may go as our daily civics lesson. 🇺🇸
We were late to the #DCStatehood demonstration outside the @uscapitol, but I marched with the native Washingtonian in the family down through newly opened streets to peacefully protest for redress of grievances & freely express ourselves about Congress making DC the 51st state.
We're listening to House hearing on #HR1: Making DC the 51st State
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Livestream: #DCStatehood
It is constitutional for Congress to carve out a federal district & enfranchise ~712,000 Americans.
It should so so.
oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
Livestream: #DCStatehood
It is constitutional for Congress to carve out a federal district & enfranchise ~712,000 Americans.
It should so so.
The US House made history today by passing #HR51 for #DCStatehood. This map shows the 1993 House vote for statehood that failed 153-277. Mostly rural white Democrats united with Republicans to defeat statehood. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) was the only Republican supporter.
29 Democrats and 7 Republicans in the House today voted on the 1993 #DCStatehood bill. All but five Democrats (Cooper, Hoyer, Kaptur, Peterson, Price) voted for the 1993 bill, while all Republicans voted against it. Today, all 1993 Dem opponents except Peterson voted for #HR51.
14 current Senators served in the US House in 1993 and voted on #HR51 at the time. Every Republican opposed it, and every Democrat except Jack Reed supported it. @SenJackReed remains as one of only six Democratic Senators who has not yet co-sponsored #DCStatehood.
