Senate sets hearing for DC statehood for June 22
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The Senate is moving forward with an effort to make Washington D.C. the 51st state by scheduling a hearing for June 22. But final passage for statehood is still a longshot prospect in the 50-50 split upper chamber.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a vocal DC statehood backer, is slated to testify along with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, as well as several legal experts. The House already passed D.C. statehood legislation in April but it would need 60 votes to advance in the Senate with the legislative filibuster in place, which means at least 10 Republicans would need to join with all Democrats. Republicans have widely panned the DC statehood effort as a Democratic power play to expand the Senate with representatives from a liberal stronghold and have questioned the constitutionality of making the federal district into a state.
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