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    The Washington, D.C., Admission Act, often referred to simply as the D.C. Admission Act, is a bill introduced during the 116th United States Congress...
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    name would have been the State of New Columbia, although the Washington, D.C., Admission Act passed by the United States House of Representatives in 2020...
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    Rico statehood movement 2012 Puerto Rican status referendum Washington, D.C., Admission Act "Full Committee Hearing: Remote Full Committee/Office of Insular...
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    Holmes (January 4, 2021). "H.R.51 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Washington, D.C. Admission Act". Congress.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2021. Carper, Thomas R...
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    first time, D.C. statehood was approved by a chamber of Congress when the House voted 232–180 to approve the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, thereby sending...
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    a bill for statehood. Reintroduced in 2019 and 2021 as the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, the U.S. House of Representatives passed it in April 2021...
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  • Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the...
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    The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number...
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    proposal. Two provisions of Section 102, subsection (d) in the Washington, D.C., Admission Act by delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and its same-titled...
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    African-Americans Act H.R. 51: Washington, D.C., Admission Act (House committee consideration as of January 9, 2023) H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023...
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    Communities Act which was enacted) H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act H.R. 51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act...
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    Sheldon Whitehouse (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
    28, 2019). "Cosponsors – S.631 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): Washington, D.C. Admission Act". www.congress.gov. Retrieved November 26, 2020. Johnson, Brad...
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    favor of statehood for Washington, D.C. A similar bill, S. 51, "A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union" was...
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    Mike Garcia (politician) (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
    for Washington DC. In April 2021, Garcia voted against the Washington, D.C., Admission Act. Garcia's wife Rebecca is an interior designer. They have two...
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  • Trinity Washington University is a private Catholic university in Stronghold, Washington, D.C., United States. The university was founded as Trinity College...
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    single state Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959 Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in...
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  • alleging that the university's undergraduate admission practices violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against Asian Americans...
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  • Need-blind admission in the United States refers to a college admission policy that does not take into account an applicant's financial status when deciding...
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    Jim Costa (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
    under the Clean Water Act. Costa supports DC statehood. He was a co-sponsor and voted for H.R. 51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would grant statehood...
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    branch. H.R. 51 January 4, 2021 Washington, D.C. Admission Act To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. H.R. 144 January...
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    The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution...
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    Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch...
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    taught law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and was of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of the American law firm Fried, Frank...
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    located at Rock Creek Park in the Woodley Park neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., 20 minutes from the National Mall by MetroRail. The other campus...
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    for admission. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 placed provisions on drinking and substance use as a requirement for admission. The act stated...
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     187–189. First Congress, Third Session (February 18, 1791). "An Act for the admission of the State of Vermont into this Union". The Avalon Project. Yale...
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    House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., US. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference...
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    is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and...
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    District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about two miles (3 km) due east of the U.S. Capitol...
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    The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (80th Cong., 2d Sess. Ch 647, PL 774) authorized, for a limited period of time, the admission into the United States...
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