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The district\u2019s non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives, Eleanor Holmes Norton, has been pushing for passage of such legislation for decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe persistent denial of equal voting rights in the city reflects\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/us-address-structural-racism-underlying-protests\u0022\u003Estructural racism\u003C\/a\u003E. Washington, DC has long been majority African American, and is nearly 50 percent Black.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Donald Trump has\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SAP_HR-51.pdf\u0022\u003Eindicated he would veto the bill\u003C\/a\u003E, though it is expected to stall in the Republican-majority Senate.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe question of DC\u2019s admission as the nation\u2019s 51st state aside, US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle should realize its residents\u2019 voting rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/26\/step-toward-equal-voting-rights-dc-residents\u0022\u003ERead More \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]