DC demands more now, no statehood required.

700,000 Americans. Governed by a Congress we can't vote for. It shows.

The people of Washington, DC raise families, start businesses, and build communities. But not on our own terms.

When Congress blocked our budget and stripped a billion dollars of our own tax revenue, it's not an abstraction. It's why your kids' class size got bigger. It's why 911 calls go to voicemail. It's why the pothole on your block isn't fixed. And what do we get in return? The National Guard in our streets and a federal takeover of our police.

Statehood remains essential. But change doesn't have to wait.

Recent highlights

• Testimony · Mar 9, 2026
  DC Council · Judiciary & Public Safety
  Strategies to protect DC's authority over its own public safety after the 2025 federal MPD takeover under Section 740.
• Testimony · May 1, 2026
  DC Council · Initiative 83 Open Primaries
  Democracy begins in the District, and open primaries bolster the national case for expanded representation.
• Law Review · Forthcoming 2026
  Governing the Seat, Not the City
  95 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo. Congress has broad power over DC, but it is not unlimited. The constitutional case for a Bifurcation Test to cabin plenary power.
• Op-Ed · May 28, 2026
  DC's Public Financing Program Is Broken
  Published in The 51st. Democracy vouchers can fix DC campaign finance and make the case for expanded representation.
• FOIA · Apr 14, 2026
  FOIA Campaign Launched
  We asked dozens of federal agencies to describe how they treat DC differently than the states. Read the requests and the responses.
• Bill Tracker · 119th Congress
  H.R. 51 · Washington, D.C. Admission Act
  Status of the DC statehood bill: cosponsors, committee status, and floor vote history in the current Congress.