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The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday, April 22, to recognize Washington DC as the 51st state, CBS News reported.

At the same time, the publication notes that such a measure could fail in the Senate. The law was passed on the party line, 216 people voted for it, while 208 people opposed it. At the same time, not a single Republican voted for the adoption of such a document.

According to CBS News, supporters of the bill support the decision, according to which the District of Columbia could become the 51st state of the United States due to the fact that without it, Washington residents are deprived of many rights. Including representation in the congress.


The population of the district is more than 700 thousand people, which is more than the population of the states of Wyoming or Vermont. However, these two states each have two senators and a representative in the US House of Representatives, while Eleanor Holmes Norton represents the District of Columbia in Congress as a non-voting delegate.







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