On March 29, 1961, the 23rd Amendment was ratified, granting the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College. For the first time in the nation’s history, D.C. residents had some sort ...

How does New Columbia sound? That may be the new name for the District of Columbia if the city wins its bid to become the 51st state, a statehood commission decided on Monday.

District of Columbia voters passed the referendum Tuesday with nearly 80 percent in favor. Congress, which will ultimately decide the fate of the federal district, is not expected to approve it.

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Democrat representing the district as a non-voting member of Congress, drafted a bill which would turn the city into the 51st State of Washington, Douglass ...

District of Columbia statehood has long been out of reach. Proponents hope Democratic control of the federal government and the security issues raised over the past week could change that.

The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that ...

The divided House Thursday passed legislation to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state and to grant its more than 700,000 residents full representation in Congress. The strictly party-line vote in ...

Updated at 2:59 p.m. ET. House Democrats approved a bill Friday afternoon to make the District of Columbia the nation's 51st state.. The vote was 232-180 largely along party and the legislation is ...

Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. It's an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests ...

WASHINGTON — The mayor of the District of Columbia reiterated Friday that the city should become the country’s 51st state, with a local vote proposed on the November ballot.

WASHINGTON — With the nation’s attention focused on New Hampshire, officials in Washington, D.C., are headed to the Granite State to publicize their bid to make the District of Columbia the ...

Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia. News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. WA’s 2 senators say it’s ‘long past time’ ...