Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Jun. 26, 2020 | H.R. 51

This bill would grant statehood to the District of Columbia, whose population is bigger than both Vermont and Wyoming, but whose residents do not have a constitutional right to voting representation in Congress. This bill would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state, with a voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives and two U.S. senators. This bill passed the House on June 26, 2020.

This is Good for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 232
NAYs: 180

Legislator State Sort descending District Party Vote
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez
NY
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
14 Democrat Yes
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
NY
13 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kathleen Rice
NY
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Lee Zeldin
NY
1 Republican No
Rep. Eliot L. Engel
NY
16 Democrat Yes
Rep. Tom Reed
NY
23 Republican No
Rep. Thomas Suozzi
NY
3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Anthony Brindisi
NY
22 Democrat Yes
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
NY
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Brian Higgins
NY
26 Democrat Yes
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
NY
18 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
NY
12 Democrat Yes
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
NY
12 Democrat Yes
Rep. Elise Stefanik
NY
21 Republican No
Rep. Tim Ryan
OH
13 Democrat Yes
Rep. Steven J. Chabot
OH
1 Republican No
Rep. Brad Wenstrup
OH
2 Republican No
Rep. Marcy Kaptur
OH
9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Dave Joyce
OH
14 Republican No