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POSITIVE Democracy & Voting Rights 118th Congress

H.R.51 D.C. Statehood

Grants statehood to Washington, D.C., giving 700,000 residents full voting representation in Congress (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

700,000 D.C. residents lack congressional representation; Art. IV § 3 authorizes admission.

U.S. Const. art. IV, § 3, cl. 1 (New States Clause)

D.C. statehood. 700,000 District residents lack congressional representation, a documented democratic deficit inconsistent with constitutional principles.