After Federal Tax Filing Deadline, Norton Calls on Senate to Pass D.C. Statehood Bill

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D.C. pays more federal taxes than 23 states and more federal taxes per capita than any state

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, the day after the federal tax filing deadline, called on the Senate to pass her District of Columbia statehood bill. Norton noted that D.C. pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes than 23 states, but D.C. residents have no voting representation in Congress.

"Yesterday, many D.C. residents rushed to mail checks to the IRS before the filing deadline to keep our federal government running, but still do not have voting representation in Congress," Norton said. ""No taxation without representation,' the slogan that gave birth to the nation itself, should apply to the citizens of the nation's capital. The House has passed my D.C. statehood bill twice, President Biden supports it, and today, I call on the Senate to pass the bill and finally give the same rights other Americans have to the residents of our nation's capital."

The House has passed the D.C. statehood bill twice in history, in 2020 and on April 22, 2021.

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