Watch Live: House committee holds hearing on D.C. statehood
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing Monday on a bill to establish Washington, D.C. as the nation's 51st state, legislation that mirrors a bill that passed last year.
In January, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the District in Congress as a non-voting delegate, reintroduced H.R. 51, which would create the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth - named for Frederick Douglass. The measure would give D.C. two U.S. senators and a voting representative in the House. The House passed a bill to make D.C. a state last year by a vote of 232-180, but it died in the Republican-led Senate.Pennsylvania was a pivotal state in the 2020 presidential election, sealing Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump after four days of vote counting. So it's no surprise the Keystone State is again front and center this election cycle, with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump investing time and resources there ahead of Election Day.
Reporter killed in restaurant she owns hours after journalist shot dead in separate attack in Mexico
The U.N. human rights office in Mexico said Wednesday journalists in Mexico need more protection, after gunmen killed a journalist whose Facebook news page covered the violent western Mexico state of Michoacan. Then less than 24 hours later an entertainment reporter in the western city of Colima was killed inside a restaurant she owned.