A House committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia, making it the nation’s 51st state.

On a 25-19 party-line vote, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee advanced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would admit the district into the union as the “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth,” adding the latter portion to its name in honor of Frederick Douglass.

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