John,

Over the weekend civil and voting rights groups led the first-ever national rally for D.C. statehood.

This rally followed up a newsworthy hearing on the issue last week from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

With progressive groups rallying around legislation that would make D.C. the 51st state and it moving into a Senate committee hearing for only the second time in history, we have to capitalize on this momentum.

Join DFA as we demand the Senate follow the lead of House Democrats and pass the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.

In 2019 the House of Representatives held its first hearing on D.C. statehood in over two decades.

Now just two years later, they passed H.R.51 the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, a huge step forward for the Black and Brown D.C. residents that have always been the target of this disenfranchisement.

D.C. Statehood already passed the House and historic discussions are taking place in Senate committee hearings. There is a real opportunity to push Senate Democrats to pass this landmark legislation.

Advocates of D.C. statehood are closer to achieving their goals than they have ever been. Join DFA as we fight to expand democratic rights to 700,000 D.C. residents.

Thank you for taking action, together we can defend our democracy.

— Tre

Tre Graves
Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America