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A referendum approving a state constitution and encouraging the D.C. Council to petition Congress to admit the District of Columbia as the 51st state [67] Passed 244,134 (78.48%) 40,779 (13.11%) [68] 2018 Initiative 77: An initiative to increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to the same level as non-tipped employees [69] Passed ...
Temporary fencing is visible on Dec. 31, 2024, around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the election certification on Jan. 6, 2025, and the inauguration set for Jan. 20.
The election coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton was first elected in 1991 and re-elected in 2022 with 86.5% of the vote. [ 1 ]
The Washington, D.C., Admission Act, often referred to simply as the D.C. Admission Act, is a bill introduced during the 116th United States Congress.The bill would grant Washington, D.C., admission into the Union as a state (which would also make it the country's first and only city-state).
The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say. House ...
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
Project 2025, a 930-page document that calls for drastic cuts in social services, would increase homelessness and other issues. Voters need to know where candidates stand on Project 2025.
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is an organic act enacted by Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that formally placed the District of Columbia under the control of Congress and organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: Washington County to the north and east of ...