Bill to give Washington, DC statehood gets historic US vote
Al Jazeera, 27 Jun 2020
The US House of Representatives is due to vote on whether to grant full statehood to Washington, DC, the nation's capital.
If it passes the House and then the Senate, the District of Columbia's more than 700,000 residents would finally have representation and full voting rights in Congress.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports.
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If it passes the House and then the Senate, the District of Columbia's more than 700,000 residents would finally have representation and full voting rights in Congress.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports.
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