Today: Norton to Introduce D.C. Statehood Bill for 118th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that even before the opening of the new Congress at noon today, her D.C. statehood bill for the 118^th Congress has 143 original cosponsors. The bill passed the House for the first time in history in June of 2020, and passed again in April of 2021.

“Thank you to the members who signed on as original cosponsors,” Norton said. “The District of Columbia is on our way to becoming the 51^st state.”

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