Washington, D.C. Admission Act

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Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addresses residents_of_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:aimsTo grant_voting_representation_in_Congress
gptkbp:approves multiple state legislatures
gptkbp:associated_with statehood advocacy
gptkbp:controversy the 1980s
Congressional hearings
gptkbp:createdBy 51st state of the United States
gptkbp:designedBy admission_of_Washington,_D.C._as_a_state
gptkbp:faced legal challenges
gptkbp:has partisan issue
test of democracy
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on media coverage
activist movements
legislative efforts
gptkbp:has_implications_for electoral representation
Senate_composition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Washington, D.C. Admission Act
gptkbp:impact federal_district_status
gptkbp:influenced local elections
historical disenfranchisement
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:United_States_Congress
2019
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of academic research
public debate
historical analysis
national interest
public opinion polls
political significance
legal analysis
gptkbp:is_featured_in constitutional amendment proposal
gptkbp:is_linked_to historical voting rights movements
historical_context_of_D.C._governance
gptkbp:is_part_of political strategy
legislative agenda
expand voting rights
contemporary political issues
statehood movement
national political discourse
statehood discussions.
Democratic_platform
gptkbp:is_referenced_in 2021
gptkbp:is_studied_in political scientists
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:President_Joe_Biden
civil rights organizations
various advocacy groups
gptkbp:is_used_in political forums
lawmakers
gptkbp:keyEvent election campaigns
gptkbp:mandates local governance
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:related_to civil rights
federalism debates
gptkbp:requires majority_approval_in_Congress
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:was_a_response_to historical inequities
lack_of_representation_for_D.C._residents