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Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined 39 colleagues in introducing the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYear after year, nearly 700,000 people living in our nation\u2019s capital are being taxed without receiving the same representation in Congress as their fellow Americans,\u201d dijo Wyden.<\/strong> \u201cWhen District of Columbia residents cannot have a vote in the Senate, they are being denied the right to fair and equal representation. That\u2019s a travesty and this bill reforms this inequality by empowering DC residents with the same voting rights as other Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo taxation without representation! That\u2019s the battle cry from our original American Revolution against British tyranny,\u201d dijo Merkley.<\/strong> \u201cToday, that injustice remains for hundreds of thousands of people in DC who have no vote on bills in Congress. That\u2019s a travesty and this bill reforms this inequality by empowering DC residents with the same voting rights as other Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the legislation is led by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and cosponsored by Senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Chris Coons, D-Del., Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawai\u2019i, Tim Kaine, D-Va., Andy Kim, D-N.J., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, D-N.M., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Brian Schatz D-Hawai\u2019i, Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Mark Warne, D-Va., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full text of the bill that would admit Washington, D.C. as the 51st state is aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Este comunicado de prensa ha sido actualizado.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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