House Approves Measures To Make Washington D. C. a State

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House Approves Measures To Make Washington D. C. a State

By Victor Omondi Washington D.C. may soon become the fifty-first state after the House approved a move towards making the District a state on Friday. The proposal has passed in either chamber of the Congress, although it wont be voted for in the Senate. The bill passed 232 to 180, and only one Democrat joined []

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