DC Statehood

Franklin Garcia for U.S. Senate > DC Statehood

As the U.S. (Shadow) Senator, I will work to bring full democracy to over 700,000 residents that call home Washington DC.  Residents of the Nation’s Capital pay more federal taxes per capital than any other state in the Union, yet have not voting representation in the U.S. Congress.  This injustice, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, is wrong, and we will not stop pursuing the admission of Washington DC as the 51st state until this injustice stops.  If you live in one of the 50 states, one of the most effective ways that you can help us, is by reaching out to your member of Congress and asking them to support S. 51 (Washington D.C. Admission Act).  Passage of this bill in the U.S. Senate will ensure that all residents of your Nation’s Capital have the same rights that you now have, while preserving our national capital. 

                 DID YOU KNOW?:

  • The District of Columbia is the only national  capital, among democratic nations of the world, whose citizens have no voting representation in the national legislature.
  • D.C. residents pay more federal income taxes per capita than the residents of all fifty states, and more total taxes than 23 states.
  • More D.C. residents, per capita, have fought in U.S. wars than the residents of any state; even though we have no vote in the U.S. Congress, which declares those wars.
  • D.C.’s vibrant urban economy has a larger gross domestic product than 16 states, and  the population of the District is larger than two states (Vermont and Wyoming).
  • It took a Constitutional Amendment for DC residents to vote in Presidential Elections. The 23rd Amendment, ratified March 29, 1961, allowed DC residents to vote in Presidential elections for the first time, on November 3, 1964. 
  • D.C. is the only jurisdiction in the United States that needs Congressional approval to spend  its own local tax dollars, and all of its local laws are subject to Congressional approval.