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Key Votes
HR 51 - D.C. Statehood Bill - National Key Vote
Newt Gingrich voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Read statements Newt Gingrich made in this general time period.
Timeline
Issues Related to HR 51
Stage Details
Legislation -
Bill Failed
(House)
(153-277) -
Nov. 21, 1993(Key vote)
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Title: D.C. Statehood Bill
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that grants statehood to the District of Columbia.
Highlights:
- Permits citizens to choose electors, Representatives and Senators -Maintains the Federal Government's authority over specified property, including military property and Federal monuments, and prohibits imposing taxes on federal property.
- Provides for Federal payments in lieu of taxes to New Columbia.
- Provides for the adoption of a state constitution and the election to Congress of two Senators and one member of the House of Representatives -Provides for two years for transition into statehood.
- Establishes a Statehood Transition Commission to assist in statehood transition, including the set-up of taxes, the incarceration of criminals and the conversion of D.C.'s government offices to state offices..
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. Andrews (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Lucien E. Blackwell (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Edward Bonior (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Corrine Brown (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- William L. 'Bill' Clay Sr. (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eva M. Clayton (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Clyburn (SC - D)
- Cardiss Collins (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara-Rose Collins (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Conyers Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald V. Dellums (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ron De Lugo (VI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julian C. Dixon (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Don Edwards (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Lane A. Evans (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eni FH Faleomavaega (AS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Victor H. 'Vic' Fazio (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cleo Fields (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Floyd H. Flake (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. Foglietta (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harold E. Ford Sr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Andrew 'Dick' Gephardt (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Henry B. Gonzalez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel E. 'Dan' Hamburg (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alcee L. 'Judge' Hastings Sr. (FL - D)
- Earl F. Hilliard Sr. (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Joseph P. 'Joe' Kennedy II (MA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- John J. LaFalce (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cynthia Ann McKinney (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carrie P. Meek (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Kweisi Mfume (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Norman Y. Mineta (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Patsy Takemoto Mink (HI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Major R. Owens (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- Charles B. 'Charlie' Rangel (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Melvin J. 'MR' Reynolds (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo (PR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA - D)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn Schenk (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patricia 'Pat' Schroeder (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Louis Stokes (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gerry E. Studds (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bennie G. Thompson (MS - D)
- Esteban Edward Torres (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edolphus 'Ed' Towns (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Traficant Jr. (OH - ) (Out Of Office)
- Walter R. Tucker III (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Anacletus Underwood (GU - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jolene Unsoeld (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- Bruce Frank Vento (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Craig A. Washington (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Maxine Waters (CA - D)
- Melvin Luther 'Mel' Watt (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alan Wheat (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
