{"id":442893,"date":"2021-04-22T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=442893"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:35:42","slug":"house-dems-pass-unpopular-d-c-statehood-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-pass-unpopular-d-c-statehood-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dems Pass Unpopular D.C. Statehood Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dems-pass-unpopular-d-c-statehood-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=442893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"30.030769230769\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Only 29 percent of Americans support D.C. becoming a state<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3321.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3320.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rsz_gettyimages-1231874303-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rsz_gettyimages-1231874303-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tPro-D.C. statehood protesters \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/cole-carnick\/\" title=\"Posts by Cole Carnick\" rel=\"author\" class=\"text-red-700\">Cole Carnick<\/a> \u2022 April 22, 2021 4:20 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"69.078341013825\">\n<p>House Democrats on Thursday passed a widely unpopular bill that would make Washington, D.C., the nation&#8217;s 51st state.<\/p>\n<p>The House passed the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would allow the deep-blue city to elect two senators and a representative to Congress, on a party-line vote.<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats have championed D.C. statehood in recent years, including in their 2020 platform, the move remains unpopular with American voters. Only 29 percent of Americans support D.C. statehood, according to a March Rasmussen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/general_politics\/february_2021\/55_oppose_d_c_statehood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a>, while 55 percent oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>The bill&#8217;s unpopularity may pose problems for Democrats in the Senate, where they need 10 Republicans to support the legislation to overcome a filibuster. D.C. statehood is one of several progressive causes, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/harry-reid-warns-dems-against-packing-supreme-court\/\">including<\/a> court-packing, that have led Democrats to call for eliminating the Senate&#8217;s filibuster. House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said Wednesday that the filibuster should be &#8220;jettisoned&#8221; because &#8220;it is not a democratic principle that a minority can \u2026 stop the majority.&#8221; Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), have said they oppose efforts to eliminate it, however.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have promoted D.C. statehood among a series of voter reforms, including felon enfranchisement, that critics say would <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/felon-enfranchisement-national-election-overhaul-top-priority-bill-if-dems-retake-senate\/\">provide<\/a> them with significant advantages in future elections. During the floor debate Thursday, House Republicans slammed the bill, with Rep. James Comer (Ky.) saying it is &#8220;about Democrats consolidating their power in Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 29 percent of Americans support D.C. becoming a state  Pro-D.C. statehood protesters \/ Getty Images  Cole Carnick \u2022 April 22, 2021 4:20 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276495,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3321.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"House Dems Pass Unpopular D.C. 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