In Historic Vote, House Approves Statehood for the District of Columbia

By Emily Cochrane from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NxoJuX
via IFTTT In Historic Vote, House Approves Statehood for the District of Columbia It is the first time a chamber of Congress has approved establishing the nation’s capital as the 51st state. The measure is all but certain to die in the Republican-led Senate. U.S. New York Times June 25, 2020 at 07:00PM