House Votes to Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State

There always seems to be some kind of debate every few years about the prospects of the 51st state, but it never seems to come to much in the end. Remember a few years ago, all of that talk about Puerto Rico becoming the next state?  

Well, Washington, the District of Columbia, came closer than anyplace has since Hawaii became the 50th state earlier this week.  

Yes, the House of Representatives voted to make the Capital district the next American state.  

However, both the Senate and the Trump White House – both dominated by Republicans – have stated that they will reject it. Thus, it is almost assured that Washington, D.C. will not become the 51st state. It should be noted that Washington, D.C. is very predominately Democratic, which is perhaps no small part of the reason why Republicans would be so opposed to it becoming a state. The same political considerations, not to mention some xenophobia, likely comes into play when Republicans in particular seem to dismiss any possibility of making Puerto Rico the next state.  

Some things never change.