The Chamber of Representatives of the United States has voted for the assignment of the state of the state of the USA Washington. According to RIA Novosti, this is evidenced by the voting results.
The bill, which in case of its adoption by the Senate, and then signing the president will be the law, will provide Washington right to receive the status of the 51st state called Washington, Commonwealth Douglas.
In total, 216 members of the Chamber voted to change the status of Washington, against – 208, opinions were divided strictly on the party sign. Now the bill will go to the Senate, where Democrats need to score at least ten votes to approve the initiative.
according to the approved Chamber of the bill, the territory of the new state will include the entire territory of the capital with the exception of government buildings and monuments, including the White House, Congress Building and the Supreme Court.
In June last year, the Chamber of Representatives of the US Congress approved by a majority vote empowering the American capital Washington status. The bill supported 232 Congressmen, against 180. The authors of the initiative made supporters of the Democratic Party.
Currently, Washington from an administrative point of view is the Federal District of Columbia, not in any of the States, and has no full-fledged representatives in Congress. In the House of Representatives, he has only one delegate who has no voting rights in plenary meetings and can only vote on procedural issues and at the level of committees. In the Senate, the capital does not have a representative.