‘It’s not a local issue anymore’: D.C. statehood moves from political fringe to the center of the national Democratic agenda
), a close Biden ally who in January introduced the D.C. statehood bill in the Senate for the fifth consecutive Congress, said he has spoken multiple times with Biden about infrastructure but not about D.C. statehood. Hoyer brought a statehood bill to the House floor last year for the first time since the 1993 vote. ), who has advocated for D.C. statehood since 1990s. Besides the filibuster, the more immediate problem for statehood advocates is that a handful of Democratic senators have yet to signal their support. John Hickenlooper (Colo.) and Jon Ossoff (Ga.) — will co-sponsor the statehood bill soon.
Source: Washington Post March 20, 2021 17:03 UTC
