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.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 232
NAYs: 180
Legislator | State Sort ascending | District | Party | Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. Nita M. Lowey | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Elise Stefanik | 21 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Lee Zeldin | 1 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Grace Meng | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Adriano Espaillat | 13 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Eliot L. Engel | 16 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Max Rose | 11 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Paul Tonko | 20 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 14 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Higgins | 26 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Anthony Brindisi | 22 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. José E. Serrano | 15 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Katko | 24 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Antonio Delgado | 19 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jerrold Nadler | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kathleen Rice | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney | 12 | Democrat | Yes |