Washington DC's long-simmering statehood push begins in Congress

Washington, DC's bid for statehood finally got a congressional hearing Monday, but Mayor Muriel Bowser's clashes with Republicans on the panel made clear that the issue is far from settled. Republicans accused Democrats of a cynical power play, claimed statehood was never the intention of the country's Founding Fathers, and insisted that Congress doesn't even have the right to grant statehood to DC.

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