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[ [link removed] ]It's time for DC statehood. Sign now >>

People For Supporter –

One year after its House passage, a bill that would grant the District of
Columbia statehood remains stalled in the Senate. And the longer the
Senate waits to act on this bill, the longer residents of D.C. are denied
equal representation in Congress.

Under the status quo, residents of D.C. – a population that is more than
40 percent Black – continue to be treated as second-class citizens and are
denied full representation and a voting voice in deciding their futures
and the direction of our nation. In a country that portrays itself as the
world’s leading democracy, we cannot allow this racial and political
oppression to continue.

[ [link removed] ]Join more than 17,000 People For members like you in calling on the
Senate to rectify this injustice by passing H.R. 51 now! >>

D.C. residents have all the responsibilities of full citizenship: they pay
taxes, they serve on juries and in the U.S. military, and work hard to
build safe, strong communities where they live. And yet, the more than
700,000 people who call D.C. home have no vote in any of the decisions
that their Congress makes every day. In fact, Congress reviews every law
D.C. passes as well as the D.C. budget, something no state is subjected
to.

We can’t allow the day-to-day governance of the District of Columbia to be
subject to the whims of Congress – D.C. residents deserve to have a say in
how they’re governed and that includes voting representation in Congress!

[ [link removed] ]Tell the Senate to act now: sign the petition urging them to pass H.R.
51! >>

Thank you for fighting alongside us to correct this injustice.

In solidarity,

– Ben Jealous, People For the American Way

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