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Stand Up America Celebrates Continued Momentum for D.C. Statehood After H.R. 51 Passes Oversight Committee

After the House Oversight Committee advanced H.R. 51 today, the bill that would ensure statehood for the District of Columbia, Stand Up America Founder and President Sean Eldridge released the following statement:

"Today, the more than 700,000 residents of the District of Columbia moved one step closer to having equal representation in our government and power over the laws that govern them. We applaud Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton and the advocates, activists, and organizers who have continued to move H.R. 51 through Congress.

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After the House Oversight Committee advanced H.R. 51 today, the bill that would ensure statehood for the District of Columbia, Stand Up America Founder and President Sean Eldridge released the following statement:

"Today, the more than 700,000 residents of the District of Columbia moved one step closer to having equal representation in our government and power over the laws that govern them. We applaud Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton and the advocates, activists, and organizers who have continued to move H.R. 51 through Congress.

"Congress has an obligation to end the centuries-long effort to stop the Black and Brown residents of the District from fully participating in our democracy. Americans deserve a democracy that's representative of and responsive to all of its people--and that means making Washington, Douglass Commonwealth the 51st state.

"Now it's time for the full House to pass H.R. 51 and for the Senate to step up and not let the filibuster stand in the way of representation for the residents of the District of Columbia."

Stand Up America proudly supports the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which admits the District as the 51st state, having driven thousands of constituent calls to Congress in support of H.R. 51.

Stand Up America is a progressive advocacy organization with over two million community members across the country. Focused on grassroots advocacy to strengthen our democracy and oppose Trump's corrupt agenda, Stand Up America has driven over 600,000 phone calls to Congress and mobilized tens of thousands of protestors across the country.