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D.C. statehood bill passes House with overwhelming Democratic support, setting up historic showdown in Senate washingtonpost.com/local/dc-polit…
Democrats approved Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Washington, D.C. Admission Act 216-208 in a party-line vote, describing it as a bid to restore equal citizenship to the residents of the nation’s capital and rectify a historic injustice. washingtonpost.com/local/dc-polit…
With Democrats in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, activists say they are in their strongest position yet to make D.C. the 51st state.

Here's a handy explainer on what statehood could mean for the nation's capital:
As the statehood bill moves to the Senate, here are the challenges that remain.

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