Director of Democracy for the Indivisible Project, Meagan Hatcher-Mays, discusses the recent vote in the House of Representatives to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. If the bill were to pass in the Senate, DC would become the nation’s 51st state. Meagan also discusses the history of the fight for DC statement, including arguments made against making DC a state.
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