House approves DC statehood bill, GOP calls move Dem ‘power grab’
The bill is presumed dead on arrival in the GOP-led Senate and is opposed by President Trump. The House of Representatives on Friday voted to make Washington D.C. the 51st state, a move cheered by Washingtonians and Democrats as a long-overdue acknowledgment of full citizenship, while Republicans panned the effort as a Democratic Party power grab. The vote was…