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Explanation:
Why do supporters think DC should be a state?
The more than 700,000 people who live in Washington, DC, don't have a voting member of Congress -- only a delegate in the House -- or representation in the Senate. Seven hundred thousand people isn't nearly the size of most states, but it is certainly more than the populations of the smallest two, Vermont and Wyoming, and on par with Alaska, each of which has two senators and a voting member of Congress.
