by LMR | Apr 11, 2021 | DC Statehood, No
By Jamie Filias Freshman, GW Recently, the debate over statehood for Washington DC has returned to the respective floors of both houses of Congress and sparked arguments between politicians and citizens alike. A review of the evidence will unambiguously show that...
by LMR | Apr 11, 2021 | DC Statehood, No, however..
By Matteo Caulfield Sophomore, Georgetown In 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, a bill crafted in order to admit the District of Columbia as the 51st state in the union. However, the bill did not advance to the U.S. Senate, where the deliberative...
by LMR | Apr 11, 2021 | DC Statehood, Yes
By Maria Leon-Acosta Freshman, GWU Taxation without representation. The same three words that sparked the American Revolution are now at the heart of another struggle against tyranny, albeit a slightly different one: the fight for D.C. statehood. Historically powered...
