H. RES. 1190 acknowledges that residents of the District of Columbia are not fully represented in Congress and calls for the District to become a state through the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. The resolution highlights that D.C. pays more federal taxes per person than any state and has a...
Simple Explanation
The bill is saying that people living in Washington, D.C. can’t vote for Congress like other people in the U.S., even though they pay a lot in taxes, so it wants to make D.C. a state so they can have the same rights. It also suggests having a special day called "D.C. Statehood Day" on May 1, 2024, to celebrate this idea.