The United States House of Representatives –Dominated by Democratic Party– today approved a bill that provides for Washington, DC to become the 51st state in the federation.
The measure now passes to the Republican-controlled federal Senate, where it has little chance of being approved, it reported. “USA Today”.
President Trump has also spoken out against the annexation of the district.
State 51 would be called Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and would have two senators and one representative.
The territory of the new state would encompass all the land on which it currently stands, except for the monuments and federal buildings of the White House, Supreme Court and Congress.
The Democratic representative, Steny Hoyer, told the newspaper “The Daily Mail” that it seemed appropriate to use “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” because it merges the names of two important American leaders, one black and one white.
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Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist born in Maryland which led the abolitionist movement both in Massachusstts like in New York.
The Democratic representative of the District of Columbia in Congress, Eleanor Holmes NortonHe said he had no problem with the bill failing in the Senate because he hopes Republicans will lose control of the body in November.
“The Daily Mail wrote that Republicans are opposed to making the District of Columbia a state because it would give Washington DC representative Eleanor Holmes one vote. This would add more power to the Democratic Party in addition to two additional senators.
In the 2016 election, 91% of voters in the Federal District favored Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.
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