ANSWER: The over 700,000 residents of Washington
DC.
The residents of DC are not part of an independent state, but in 2020, the House voted to create the 51st state.
Facts About
DC and the Vote for Statehood
Washington DC is not a state and therefore has no voting
senators or representatives.
Ironically, DC has one NONVOTING member in the
House of Representatives. What good is a representative who lacks a vote?
June 26, 2020, was the first time the House of
Representatives voted for DC to become a state.
Nearly half the population is Black- 46%.
How did the House vote go? 232 in favor, 180
against. Mostly along party lines.
What would be the name? Douglass Commonwealth
(named for abolitionist Frederick Douglass)
To become a state, 60 Senate votes are required.
How likely is it for DC to become a state? Low.
Statehood is opposed by the president and Republicans in the Senate.
What are the politics? DC voters generally vote
for Democrats.
When did DC become DC? 230 years ago.
Was DC a part of a state in the past? Yes.
Maryland gave DC to the US.
What’s the tagline? “Taxation without
Representation”
I’m thinking
about that Declaration of the first 13 States
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
(From paragraph two of the Declaration of the
thirteen united States of America 4 July 1776)
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