US House lawmakers made history Friday by voting for Washington to become the nation’s 51st state, but the move, a push for equal voting rights for the capital’s residents, is doomed in the Senate. A ...

CNN — House Democrats approved a bill to admit Washington, DC, as a state on Friday, marking the first time either chamber of Congress has advanced a DC statehood measure. The bill, introduced by DC's ...

WASHINGTON — After a spirited debate on the House floor, the House of Representatives voted Friday to pass a bill (232-181) that would allow D.C. to become the 51st state, allowing for full ...

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the nation's 51st state, a prospect that advocates call a long-overdue equal-rights milestone and critics decry as a naked power ...

The House of Representatives have passed a bill Thursday that would grant statehood to Washington, D.C. The measure now faces the Senate, where it is unlikely to get the Republican support needed for ...

WASHINGTON — A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state.

Tennessee’s history of self-rule makes the case for D.C. statehood, highlighting a persistent gap in representation at ...