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Statehood for D.C.: Washingtonians' cry for freedom to vote

Name: Statehood for D.C.: Washingtonians' cry for freedom to vote
Uploaded: 2021-07-04T09:41:02-0400
Duration: 10 min 23 s
Description: For the colonists who declared independence 245 years ago, "No taxation without representation" was a rallying cry. For residents of our nation's capital, it still is. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks at the issue of statehood for Washington, D.C., and of the political divide that exists about giving a vote in Congress to the taxpaying citizens living there.

For the colonists who declared independence 245 years ago, "No taxation without representation" was a rallying cry. For residents of our nation's capital, it still is. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks at the issue of statehood for Washington, D.C., and of the political divide that exists about giving a vote in Congress to the taxpaying citizens living there.