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. Abigail Spanberger
VA
7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Morgan Griffith
VA
9 Republican No
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
VA
11 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ben Cline
VA
6 Republican No
Rep. Elaine Luria
VA
2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican No
Rep. Robert C. Scott
VA
3 Democrat Yes
Sen. Peter Welch
VT
Democrat Yes
Rep. Denny Heck 10 Democrat Yes
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene 1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Adam Smith 9 Democrat Yes
Rep. Pramila Jayapal 7 Democrat Yes
Rep. Rick Larsen 2 Democrat Yes
Rep. Dan Newhouse 4 Republican No
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 5 Republican No
Rep. Derek Kilmer 6 Democrat Yes
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler 3 Republican No
Rep. Kim Schrier 8 Democrat Yes
Rep. Mike Gallagher
WI
8 Republican Not Voting