What would happen to Congress if Washington, DC became the 51st state?
- Written by Dudley Poston, Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
D.C. would likely elect Democratic representatives and senators.Fang Deng/shutterstock.comFor years, the official motto of the District of Columbia has been “Taxation without representation.”
The residents of Washington, D.C. do not have representation in the U.S. House or in the Senate. People who live in the district, on average, pay...
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