HRes 1190 · 118th Congress

Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2024, as "D.C. Statehood Day".

# Plain Language Summary: D.C. Statehood Resolution This resolution is essentially Congress saying that Washington, D.C. residents deserve the same voting rights as people in the 50 states. Right now, about 700,000 people live in D.C., but they can't vote for a representative in Congress or a senator, and they have…

Sponsor

Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC)

Introduced

2024-05-01

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Latest action

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.