Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday made D.C. statehood a priority for the Democratic caucus for the first time. It would be the first time either chamber of Congress has endorsed D.C. statehood. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) announced his support for D.C. statehood last week, joining 28 other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus. remains the lone Democrat in the region’s congressional delegation who does not back D.C. statehood. “A wave of momentum is sweeping across the country for D.C. statehood,” said Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), the District’s nonvoting delegate in the House.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2019 21:11 UTC