BIG NEWS: The House Committee on Oversight and Reform just passed the DC statehood bill, clearing the way for a vote in the full House of Representatives.
MORE BIG NEWS: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) just signed on to DC statehood, bringing Senate support to a record-breaking 45 senators.
The day the committee started considering DC statehood, the Progressive Change Institute released polling showing DC statehood is popular with voters in key swing states by double-digits. This polling can give swing-state senators such as Democrats Kelly and Sinema in Arizona the confidence they need to vote YES.
During the course of the committee hearing:
- One Republican representative claimed that DC's 700,000 residents should not be represented in Congress because the District doesn't have any car dealerships. (It does.)
- A Republican witness claimed that DC residents already impact the national debate because Members of Congress see their yard signs on the way to work.
DC residents can currently vote for president, but have no representation in the U.S. Senate despite having more people than some states with Senate representation.
If DC becomes a state, nearly a million people would (finally) get representation in the Senate and Democrats would pick up two more Senators. No one senator would be able to hold the Democratic agenda hostage!
To convince Congress, we are polling in key states such as Arizona where Democratic senators Sinema and Kelly have yet to sign on.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)
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