700,000 people live in the District of Columbia – but they have zero voting representation in Congress
Wyoming and Vermont, both of which are less populous than DC and more than 90% white, have two United States Senators and one Representative
DC residents pay more in total federal income tax than those in 22 other states yet have no say in how those tax dollars are spent. It’s literally taxation without representation.
The official bill to make DC our Union’s 51st state is called the Washington, DC Admission Act. It passed the House in 2020 and 2021 and was re-introduced in the 118th Congress earlier this year.
200,000 DC residents have served in the armed services and 30,000 veterans live in DC
Congress controls DC local laws and budget like a colonial overlord. Congress can and has interfered in our local laws, local funding, and operations. They can even abolish local DC government
DC is the only capital of a modern democracy with no voting representation in the national legislature
DC residents want Statehood and made their vote clear during the 2016 referendum with 86% in favor to make Washington, DC the 51st state
This is an American issue – critical on racial justice and democracy. Washington, DC is an historic place for Black people which still make up 47% of the population.
Since the January 6th riot at the Capitol, the women and men of the DC Metropolitan Police Department answered the call to support our federal partners and restored order to the Capitol despite not having full representation in Congress.
