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Congress is on the verge of granting the District of Columbia statehood on the cheap, by awarding it a permanent seat in the House of Representatives.(The Week)(Brief article)
Congress is on the verge of granting the District of Columbia statehood on the cheap, by awarding it a permanent seat in the House of Representatives. The current proposal would increase the size of the House from 435 to 437 members. The first seat would go to the District. The other would belong to the state that's next in line to receive one, based on existing formulas of apportionment. Right now, this happens to be Utah. Its House delegation would expand by one member--at least until 2012, when the results of the next census take effect. Some call this a praiseworthy example of bipartisan ...
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- Magazine article from: Jet July 12, 1993 700+ words
...U.S. citizens being denied. They must bear the burden of citizenship without the privileges., Charging that while the District's 600,000 disenfranchised residents watch the U.S. heralding the democratic governments of the Baltics and Kuwait...
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 21, 1990 700+ words
...has quickened his march for District of Columbia statehood and a seat in the United States...like the city council for the district," Jackson said in the interview. Jackson will also bring District residents into the Senate chamber...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Eric Pianin January 8, 1987 700+ words
...reintroduced a bill granting the District of Columbia statehood and full representation in...after Congress granted the District home rule, D.C. residents...the House. Fauntroy, the District's first and only delegate...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times January 13, 1989 700+ words
...written Fauntroy, who is the district's non-voting member of...years in the state legislative district he sought to represent. Fauntroy...first said he had worked on a District of Columbia statehood bill, but Savage later said...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Vernon Loeb December 15, 1996 700+ words
...to be indignant about these days in the District of Columbia. Statehood? Right now, the District is a place where cityhood is very much...focused its sights on the University of the District of Columbia and started to zero in on the...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert Novak December 14, 1995 700+ words
...performance as a "shadow senator" to pursue District of Columbia statehood turning out to be more in the shadows than in...plan to elect Democrats in 55 to 60 congressional districts and state legislatures across the country. Jesse...
- HOUSE PANEL OK'S STATEHOOD FOR D.C.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe AP May 6, 1987 700+ words
...subcommittee yesterday approved a bill to grant the District of Columbia statehood, the first step in a long legislative process...51st state. The bill approved 4-3 by the House District Committee's subcommittee on fiscal affairs and...
- House Panel Approves Bill On D.C. Statehood
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post May 6, 1987 700+ words
A bill granting the District of Columbia statehood and full representation in Congress was approved along party lines yesterday by a House District subcommittee, 4 to 3, marking the first important step...
Source: HighBeam Research, Congress is on the verge of granting the District of Columbia...