D.C. Activists Urge Obama to Back Statehood in State of the Union
Posted on AllSides January 5th, 2015
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Activists for Washington D.C. statehood are pushing President Barack Obama to advocate for the issue in his 2015 State of the Union address, describing the federal district’s subordinate status as a “moral cause.”
Josh Burch, founder of the grassroots group Neighbors United for DC Statehood, has launched a petition through a White House outreach website urging Mr. Obama to mention Washington, D.C.’s lack of congressional voting representation in his upcoming primetime address to Congress.
“We urge President Obama take the statehood cause directly to Congress & the American people by...
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