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 descending | District | Party | Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. Henry Cuellar | 28 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Al Green | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Carter | 31 | Republican | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Dan Crenshaw | 2 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Randy Weber | 14 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Will Hurd | 23 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Marc Veasey | 33 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Pete Olson | 22 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Kay Granger | 12 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Michael McCaul | 10 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Lance Gooden | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Veronica Escobar | 16 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Chip Roy | 21 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Michael C. Burgess | 26 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Brian Babin | 36 | Republican | Not Voting | ||
Rep. K. Michael Conaway | 11 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Louie Gohmert | 1 | Republican | No |