Make DCa State.
700,000 Americans call DC home and pay more federal taxes per capita than any state, but have no voting representation in Congress. Statehood provides the voice all Americans deserve. Tell your representatives to back it.
By the numbers
DC has won before. And we will win again.
DC voters successfully fought to amend the Constitution to vote for President, organized their way to Home Rule, and passed statehood bills in the House, twice.
- 23RD AMENDMENT · 1961 · DC wins the presidential vote
- HOME RULE ACT · 1973 · first elected mayor in a century
- HOUSE VOTES FOR STATEHOOD · 2020 & 2021 · historic first, twice · no votes in Congress
“New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union.”U.S. Const. art. IV, § 3 · The Admissions Clause
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See how your
state lines up
with DC
Pick your state. See what DC residents pay in federal taxes that your senators vote on, and what DC doesn’t get back. More taxes paid than 26 states. More residents than Wyoming or Vermont. Zero voting senators.
Make DCa State.
700,000 Americans call DC home and pay more federal taxes per capita than any state, but have no voting representation in Congress. Statehood provides the voice all Americans deserve. Tell your representatives to back it.
By the numbers
DC has won before. And we will win again.
DC voters successfully fought to amend the Constitution to vote for President, organized their way to Home Rule, and passed statehood bills in the House, twice.
- 23RD AMENDMENT · 1961 · DC wins the presidential vote
- HOME RULE ACT · 1973 · first elected mayor in a century
- HOUSE VOTES FOR STATEHOOD · 2020 & 2021 · historic first, twice · no votes in Congress
“New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union.”U.S. Const. art. IV, § 3 · The Admissions Clause
Recent Work
See how your state
lines up with DC
Pick your state. See what DC residents pay in federal taxes that your senators vote on, and what DC doesn’t get back. More than 26 states. Zero voting senators.