NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This taxation without representation and denial of self-governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded. H.R. 51 rights this wrong by making Washington, D.C. a state and providing its residents with long-overdue full representation in Congress, while maintaining a Federal District that will continue to serve as our Nation’s seat of government,” the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy. | By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Biden Administration strongly supports H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and the President on Tuesday urged swift passage of the measure in Congress. “For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have been deprived of full representation in the […]
