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Nov 2021
42m 59s

Why Is DC Not A State?

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The residents of Washington, D.C., the capital of the oldest democracy in the world, are not allowed to pass their own laws without the federal government agreeing with them first. That’s because DC is not a state, something DC residents want to change. 
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