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Lawmakers make another push for DC statehood

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In this photo taken Nov. 3, 2016, signs supporting DC statehood are on display outside an early voting place in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
In this photo taken Nov. 3, 2016, signs supporting DC statehood are on display outside an early voting place in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Lawmakers are making another push to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is holding a news conference on the measure with a record high number of co-sponsors.

In 2016, voters endorsed a draft constitution that would have residents electing a governor, not a mayor, and a 21-seat state legislature instead of a city council.

The constitution included new borders for the proposed state, with the White House, the Capitol and the National Mall carved out as a separate federal enclave.

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