Editing 51st state (section)

====Admission legislation====
On June 26, 2020, the [[United States House of Representatives]] voted 232–180 in favor of [[statehood]] for Washington, D.C.

Passage of [[DC Admission Act|this legislation]] in the Senate was unlikely while the Republican Party held a Senate majority, and President [[Donald Trump]] also promised to veto D.C. statehood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/dc-statehood-vote-house/index.html|title=House Democrats pass DC statehood bill Friday|author=Haley Byrd|publisher=CNN|date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> The legislation was H.R. 51<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/51/text|title=H.R. 51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act|publisher=116th Congress|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> in honor of D.C. potentially becoming the 51st state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-set-vote-dc-statehood-create-washington-douglass/story?id=71461781|title=House votes to grant statehood to District of Columbia|website=ABC News}}</ref> However, after the [[2020 United States Senate elections|2020 Senate elections]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] had a Senate majority, meaning [[Joe Biden]]'s presidency might have opened the door for D.C. statehood.<ref>{{Cite web|title=With Democrats In Charge, Is DC Destined For Statehood?|url=https://wamu.org/story/21/01/07/dc-statehood-democrats-in-charge/|access-date=2021-01-09|publisher=WAMU|language=en}}</ref>

The vote was the first time D.C. ever had a vote for statehood pass any chamber of Congress: in 1993, D.C. statehood legislation was rejected in a US House floor vote by 153–277. Another problem is that because Maryland released the land to become D.C., it may have a claim on any land released by Congress to become a state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/25/the-politics-and-history-of-the-d-c-statehood-vote/|title=The politics and history of the D.C. statehood vote|first=John|last=Hudak|date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>

On April 22, 2021, the United States House of Representatives voted 216–208 in favor of statehood for Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-statehood-bill-house-vote-51st/|title=House approves bill that would admit Washington, D.C., as 51st state|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=2021-04-22|access-date=2021-04-22}}</ref> A similar bill, S. 51, "A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union" was earlier introduced into the United States Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/51|title=S.51 – 117th Congress (2021–2022): A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.|first=Thomas R.|last=Carper|date=January 26, 2021|website=Congress.gov|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127224011/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/51|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.localdvm.com/news/washington-dc/d-c-statehood-bill-reintroduced-in-congress/ |title=D.C. statehood bill reintroduced in Congress |last=Burnett |first=Rebecca |date=January 27, 2021 |publisher=WDVM |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203144100/https://www.localdvm.com/news/washington-dc/d-c-statehood-bill-reintroduced-in-congress/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 30, Democratic senator [[Joe Manchin]] came out against both bills, effectively dooming their passage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/manchin-opposes-d-c-statehood-dealing-blow-democratic-priority-n1266039|title = Manchin opposes D.C. Statehood, dealing a blow to Democratic priority| publisher=NBC News|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=December 18, 2022|last1=Kapur|first1=Sahil|last2=Clark|first2=Dartunorro}}</ref> (See [[117th United States Congress]]) Senator Manchin said the way to make D.C. a State was by a constitutional amendment, which was the process for the voting rights with the 23 Amendment. He went further stated that the complications created by shrinking the Federal District to the National Mall with the 23rd Amendment should be addressed.<ref name="newsweek.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/joe-manchin-says-dc-statehood-requires-amendment-while-his-state-took-another-path-1588008 | title=Joe Manchin Says D.C. Statehood Requires Amendment, but His State Did Not | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=April 30, 2021 }}</ref> While others disagreed, he thought that if had been approved it would end up in the Supreme Court.<ref name="newsweek.com"/>