The District is one step closer to becoming the 51st state. On June 26, the House of Representatives voted to pass l H-R 51, also known as the D.C. Statehood Bill.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), or as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser calls her, “our warrior on the Hill,” took to Twitter to share her excitement about the historic vote for the nation’s capital.
“The House just passed the #DCStatehood bill (#HR51), marking the first time since the creation of the District of Columbia 219 years ago, that either chamber of Congress has passed a bill to grant statehood to D.C. residents and, with it, equal citizenship,” Norton, who sponsored the legislation, tweeted.