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This Concurrent Resolution urges members of the United States Congress to pass federal laws that would make Washington, D.C. a state. The resolution highlights that while D.C. residents pay federal taxes, serve in the military, and have a population comparable to several existing states, they lack full representation in Congress and the right to self-government enjoyed by citizens in the fifty states. It references historical context, including the loss of voting rights after the Organic Act of 1801 and the subsequent granting of presidential voting rights through the Twenty-third Amendment, and notes that D.C. residents overwhelmingly support statehood. The resolution also points out that other democratic nations grant their capital residents participation in the national legislature and that Congress has interfered with D.C.'s local governance, while also supporting Hawaii's stance in favor of D.C. statehood and directing that copies be sent to Hawaii's congressional delegation.