Sen. Peters chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee which held a hearing on S51 in June - the first Senate hearing on statehood for District of Columbia since 2014.

The bill passed the House in the spring and has 46 sponsors in the Senate.

Urge Sen. Gary Peters to hold a markup of the DC statehood bill and pass it out of committee.  Contact him at www.peters.senate.gov

LWV's Position, 1982, 2000

The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that citizens of the District of Columbia should be afforded the same rights of self-government and full voting representation in Congress as are all other citizens of the United States.  LWVUS supports restoration of an annual, predictable federal payment to the District to compensate for revenues denied and expenses incurred because of the federal presence.