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Senate Democrats begin push for DC statehood

By Kerry Picket
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Senate Democrats begin push for DC statehood

Delaware Sen. Tom Carper led a group of Democratic lawmakers Wednesday morning to reintroduce legislation to make Washington, D.C., a state.

The bill, which Carper first introduced in 2013, would make the District of Columbia the 51st state in the union and give its residents full representation in Congress.

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