65 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

The D.C. Statehood Vote The Washington Post, November 20th, 1993 Today the House of Representatives begins debate on whether the District of Columbia should become a state. The deliberation is historic, as will be the vote expected to follow this weekend. The issue is not the fate of statehood legis ...

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66 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Tax Fairness for D.C. The New York Times, October 30th, 1993 With a population of nearly 600,000, the District of Columbia has more people than Vermont, Wyoming or Alaska. Yet its Mayor and City Council have limited power. And the District is denied a voting representative in the same Congress that ...

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67 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

D.C. Statehood The Washington Post, January 13th, 1993 It is time to right a great historic wrong. Since 1800, the residents of Washington, D.C., have been the only tax paying U.S. citizens denied representation in Congress. With the election of Bill Clinton, it has become politically possible to gi ...

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68 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Statehood for the District of Columbia The Boston Globe, December 2nd, 1992 It has a larger population than three states and is nearly as large as three more. Its citizens pay among the highest federal income taxes in all states. It has no power to tax those who work within its borders but take thei ...

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69 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

The State of Misgovernment The New York Times, July 21st, 1992 Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton’s speech to the Democratic Convention gave fresh evidence of how the Federal Government treats Washington, D.C.: like a plantation. The District’s elected officials have only token power. They can’t p ...

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70 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Grant D.C. Residents Full Rights The Oregonian, April 15th, 1992 Congress can right an old and grievous wrong in coming weeks. It should pass the District of Columbia statehood bill to grant district residents the same citizenship rights enjoyed by all other Americans. The measure to create the stat ...

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71 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

The D.C. Plantation: Freedom Soon? New York Times, Nov. 25, 1991 The effort to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., could well become a campaign issue in 1992. A bill that would admit the District to the Union as New Columbia, the 51st state, was introduced in the Senate on Thursday. And hearings on ...

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72 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Free the Government’s Plantation The New York Times, Oct. 6, 1991 Washington, D.C., with a population of 607,000, has more people than Alaska, Wyoming or Vermont. But its elected officials have no real power and the city is denied a voting representative in Congress. The Federal Government treats th ...

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73 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Statehood for the District of Columbia The Minneapolis Star and Tribune, June 27, 1987 Walter Fauntroy, nonvoting delegate who represents Washington, D.C., in the House, seeks to transform the District of Columbia into the state of New Columbia. Fauntroy’s quest is a long shot, despite support from ...

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74 days ago by Nikolas Schiller

Why Not Statehood for D.C. Citizens? Seattle Times, May 11th, 1987 The path is strewn with all sorts of political and legal obstacles, but the District of Columbia is pressing ahead on a campaign that could give it full statehood–a 51st state to be called New Columbia. And why not? Despite its place ...

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