DC Statehood

06/15/2025

06/14/2025

Today, is flag day. Take a photo with the DC Flag today because the American flag doesn’t have a star for the 700,000 people who call DC home. The DC flag is our unifying symbol of pride & protest. Happy Share your photos with unitedforstatehood at gmail

03/19/2025

https://freedcproject.org/event-list/ward-4-community-kickoff

Join Free DC’s Ward 4 Team for a community kickoff celebration with dance, crafts, food, and time with Ward 4 neighbors.

03/15/2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/DKT9xkcpULM?si=-tdPXOiY-tUambWJ

01/08/2025

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-canada-state-washington-dc-puerto-rico-2011296

As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.

12/13/2024

Former Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) just passed away. Back in the 1980s, Rep. Leach was one of several Republicans in the House with the courage and conviction to cosponsor the bill. RIP https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/51/cosponsors?q=%7B%22party%22%3A%22Republican%22%7D https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/12/jim-leach-iowa-iraq-dies/

In 2002, the congressman was among six House Republicans who opposed a resolution that set the stage for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

11/24/2024

The attacks on democracy for the people in DC are coming:

Rep. Andrew Clyde told NOTUS he’s introducing a bill next Congress to change the Home Rule Act. It wouldn’t be the city’s first power struggle with federal lawmakers.

07/12/2024

🚨🚨🚨Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) just filed a bill to repeal the Home Rule Act🚨🚨🚨

They are openly opposed to democracy & local control over local affairs.

His office number is 202.224.5444

Summary of S.4695 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

08/24/2023

Text for H.R.5195 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Seat of Government Act

12/12/2022

Checkout these great quilts up for auction by the DC League of Women Voters! Bid now and get a great quilt for yourself or as a fantastic gift to give someone else! https://event.auctria.com/529b8243-550d-49f9-a065-19595c97be23/

05/12/2021

“The question of D.C. statehood should not be about the partisan consequence of granting statehood, but rather about the democratic consequence of denying it.” -Russ Feingold, Former US Senator & President of the American Constitution Society.

What stands between the District of Columbia and statehood is not the Constitution — it is politics, dressed up as a constitutional argument.