The Senate is now a place where popular legislation goes to die.

As [The Congress shall have Power] To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States.In 1788, the land on which the District is formed was ceded by Within a year of moving to the District, Congress passed the Talk of suffrage for the District of Columbia began almost immediately, though it mostly focused on a constitutional amendments and retrocession, not statehood. For the political party, see "New Columbia" redirects here. Retrieved from https://www.procon.org/2020-candidates-on-dc-statehood/ProCon.org. A new bill, aptly named "H.R. 51," would lay the groundwork for the admission of a new state: Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The statehood legislation supported by the District government and some House Democrats carves out an Alternate proposals to statehood have been proposed to grant the District varying degrees of greater political autonomy and voting representation in the Congress. 2020 Candidates on DC Statehood. Below are the proper citations for this page according to four style manuals (in alphabetical order): the Modern Language Association Style Manual (MLA), the Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago), the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Kate Turabian's[Editor's Note: The APA citation style requires double spacing within entries. The House is set to vote on statehood for the District of Columbia on June 26. Before the failure of the DC Voting Rights Amendment, but when passage seemed unlikely, District voters finally began to pursue statehood. Proper citation depends on your preferred or required style manual.

ProCon.org. Such bills made it out of committee in 1967 and 1972, for a House floor for a vote in 1976 and in 1978 resulted in the formal proposal of the Before the failure of the DC Voting Rights Amendment, but when passage seemed unlikely, District voters finally began to pursue statehood.

Members of Congress in support of the bills claim that constitutional concerns should not prohibit the legislation's passage, but rather should be left to the courts.Leading supporters of DC Statehood include most of the organizations that led the civil and voting rights movement of the 1960s. It allows for a federal district, but does not require one. In 1980, District voters approved the call of a Pursuant to the 1980 proposed state constitution, the District still selects members of a Since the 1993 vote, bills to grant statehood to the District have been introduced in Congress each year but have not been brought to a vote.For more than 20 years following the 1993 floor vote, there were no congressional hearings on D.C. Statehood. In 1980, District voters approved the call of a constitutional convention to draft a proposed state constitution, just as U.S. territories had done prior to their admission as states. The Mechanics of Statehood Statehood proponents correctly point out that Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution pro- vides that the Congress may admit new states to the Union. "2020 Candidates on DC Statehood." For other uses, see Civil rights era and the 23rd Amendment, 1950s–1970sCivil rights era and the 23rd Amendment, 1950s–1970s The primary issue with all legislative proposals is whether the Congress has the constitutional authority to grant the District voting representation. Why Statehood? THE SENATE will hold a hearing next week on the pros and cons of D.C. statehood. Most proposals generally involve either treating the District of Columbia more like a state or allowing Maryland to take back the land it donated to form the District. Religious groups supporting DC statehood include the Statehood is a cause for many labor and civil rights groups including Statehood is also supported by "good government" organizations such as the As well as Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the Democratic From the 1993 statehood failure through the failure of the 2009 House Voting Rights Act, neither statehood nor retrocession was a legislative priority by either party.The local D.C. Republican Party has been a long-standing supporter of voting rights for the District of Columbia.In November 2000, the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles began issuing license plates bearing the slogan "This article is about the movement for statehood of the District of Columbia.