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 District Sort descending Party Vote
Rep. Steven Palazzo
MS
4 Republican No
Rep. Anthony Brown
MD
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ken Buck
CO
4 Republican No
Rep. David E. Price
NC
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kathleen Rice
NY
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican No
Rep. Katherine Clark
MA
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 5 Republican No
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II
MO
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Harold Rogers
KY
5 Republican No
Rep. Jim Cooper
TN
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. John Rutherford
FL
5 Republican No
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon
PA
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kurt Schrader
OR
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
5 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Virginia Foxx
NC
5 Republican No
Rep. Lance Gooden
TX
5 Republican No
Rep. Josh Gottheimer
NJ
5 Democrat Yes
Rep. Tim Walberg
MI
5 Republican No
Rep. Jahana Hayes
CT
5 Democrat Yes