Snow derails D.C. statehood lobbying trip to N.H.

Thanks to Mother Nature, the D.C. Council and Mayor Vincent Gray won't be making the schlep up to New Hampshire on Thursday to lobby the legislature's support for D.C. statehood, council staffers tell The Washington Examiner.

The state's House of Representatives decided to close for Thursday because a snowstorm is slated to arrive in the region, according to a staff member in At-Large Councilman David Cantania's office. A woman at the New Hampshire State House visitors' center confirmed the closure and added that the State House will remain open tomorrow and the State Senate is still meeting.

D.C. officials were scheduled to testify before the House on Thursday morning in support of a New Hampshire resolution in support of D.C. statehood. No word yet on when or if the trip, which was coordinated by Cantania's office, will be rescheduled.

New Hampshire was to be the kickoff trip of a year-long parade of D.C. elected officials visiting all 50 state legislatures to lobby their support for statehood. More than a dozen politicians and officials were slated to make the trip Thursday with smaller contingents on future trips.

Next up on the schedule is the Tallahassee, Fla. legislature. At-Large Councilman Michael Brown's office is coordinating that trip and it could be as soon as later this month.

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