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Topic: Statehood

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia (Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images)

Manchin comes out against DC statehood

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Tom Cotton and Mondaire Jones (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Freshman slams Cotton's "racist" speech

Jon Skolnik
Demonstrators wave flags as they participate in a march the day after the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, resigned from his charge in San Juan, on July 25, 2019. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images)

Puerto Rico's road to statehood

Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera - The Conversation
US Senator Martha McSally (R) (R-AZ) speaks next to US President Donald Trump at a Keep America Great Rally in Phoenix, AZ, on February 19, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

McSally: Rights for D.C., P.R. hurt GOP

Igor Derysh
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U.S. President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

White House vows to veto D.C. statehood

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
Mitch McConnell on "Face the Nation" (YouTube/Face the Nation)

Mitch says P.R. statehood is "socialism"

Igor Derysh
(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Are Puerto Ricans American citizens?

Charles R. Venator-Santiago - The Conversation
FILE - In this Wednesday, July 29, file 2015 photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico’s Capitol as in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Javier Garcia Padilla said on Sunday, May 1, 2016, that negotiators for the U.S. territory’s government have failed to reach a last-minute deal to avoid a third default and that he has issued an executive order to withhold payment. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Puerto Rico & statehood

Charles R. Venator-Santiago - The Conversation
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(AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

referendum could help economy

Danica Coto
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Stephan Richter - The Globalist
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