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Proposal to give Washington, DC, statehood heads toward House vote

Jarrell Dillard, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Posted 4/14/21

The Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee approved a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, sending it to a vote on the House floor as soon as next week.

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