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US House votes to make Washington DC a state but a Senate battle looms
The White House says United States President Joe Biden will advocate for the passing of a bill to make the District of Columbia a state.
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The proposed new state would be called Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, instead of Washington, District of Columbia
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The one other time this bill passed the House, it ultimately died in a Republican-controlled Senate
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The bill doesn’t mention changes to the national flag but there are strong indications the flag would change
This comes after the House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to make the nation’s capital the 51st state.
Approval came by a 216-208 vote along strict party lines. Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would be overwhelmingly Democratic — and…
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