Get Motivated, Get Organized! Statehood for Washington, D.C.!
Residents of Washington, DC have been exposed to systemic inequity for more than 200 years, and have been denied the full range of citizenship privileges that state residents enjoy, including voting representation in Congress. It’s past time to make amends for a major historical error.
- The District of Columbia is the only political and geographical entity in the United States of America whose citizens bear the burdens of citizenship, such as taxation and Selective Service registration, but do not have access to all of citizenship’s rights and perks.
- Inhabitants of Washington pay more taxes than residents of 22 other states combined, and they pay more to the federal government per capita than any other state—yet they have no representation in Congress.
- DC is susceptible to federal government whims, with Congress interfering with local laws, money, and operations.
- DC has all of the same responsibilities as the rest of the country, but not the same rights—we are considered as second-class citizens.
- D.C. residents pay federal taxes, serve in the military and on juries, form businesses and families, and contribute to the national economy, just like their counterparts in all 50 states.
- Despite this, we are still unable to govern our own budget or legislation, and we continue to lack representation in Congress.
- DC inhabitants seek statehood, as evidenced by an 86 percent vote in favor of making Washington, DC the 51st state in 2016.
- The Democrat-controlled House voted 232 to 180 in favor of the Judiciary Act of 2021. It was the first time such legislation had been passed by a chamber of Congress. The bill was submitted in both chambers and received overwhelming support from Senate Democrats.
- If you support ending over 200 years of systemic inequality and denial of the full rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship to all residents of the remaining 5 U.S. territories, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, that the residents of states enjoy including influence over the shaping of US law and voting representation in Congress.
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Why Statehood for Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands?
For over two-centuries, the residents of the remaining U.S. territories have been subjected to systemic racial and political inequality and denied the full rights of citizenship that residents of states enjoy including voting representation in Congress. It is time to provide the admission of the State of Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Does it take a Constitutional Amendment to admit new states to the Union?
No new state since 1791, was admitted by Constitutional amendment. All New states were admitted by Congress by simple congressional legislation and there has never been a successful constitutional challenge to the admission of a State. The Constitution Commits admission decisions solely to Congress.
Does the 23rd Amendment prohibit granting the five US territories Statehood?
The Constitution including the 23rd Amendment does nothing to prohibit the granting of statehood to the five remaining U.S. territories. The Constitution does, however, lay out the process by which states are admitted to the Union. The Constitution gives Congress the power to admit new states as long as it assures they are republics and that the majority of people of the territory want to be admitted. The people of these five U.S. territories, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa have been subject to US law for over 100 years, except the (Northern Mariana Islands), yet are denied equal say (in many cases any say at all) in making US law. They are literally second-class citizens.
