We urge the House of Representatives to immediately vote to pass the ‘District of Columbia Local Funds Act of 2025,’ which would restore one billion dollars in local spending authority in the District.

Today, we brace ourselves for what is to come when President-elect Donald Trump and anti-D.C. members of Congress take office. We will not mince words: a second Trump Administration and an anti-D.C. Congress are a grave threat to our rights and self-governance in the District.

"As we celebrate President Biden’s veto, we also renew our commitment to making D.C. the 51st state.”

President Biden's support to overturn the Revised Criminal Code Act undermines D.C.'s fight for statehood and maintaining home rule.

We strongly urge Congress to respect the District of Columbia’s decision to pass the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA), and to vote no on any resolution or rider that undermines the ability of District residents to make our laws and manage our tax dollars.

Ahead of the Washington D.C. Admission Act's introduction in the House of Representatives, Executive Director Monica Hopkins speaks on the importance of D.C. statehood for its 700,000 residents.

"This decision casts a shameful shadow, but We the People can and will do what it takes to get through this excruciating moment together."

The bill would grant statehood to the residential areas of the current District of Columbia as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and defines the reduced federal territory that would continue to serve as the seat of the federal government.