WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-dormant debate over statehood for the District of Columbia is about to be revived on Capitol Hill.
A Senate committee announced Monday that it will hold a hearing next week on a bill that would make the District the nation’s 51st state. Next Monday’s hearing will be the first on statehood for the nation’s capital in more than 20 years.
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