The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly
voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of
Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff
Republican opposition.
By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House
approved the initiative with no Republican support.
The population of Washington, D.C., is heavily Democratic.
As a state, it likely would elect two Democratic senators, potentially altering
the balance of power in the Senate, which now has 50 Democrats and 50
Republicans.
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