Coverage dated December 14, 2022 to December 15, 2022
House OKs Puerto Rico statehood vote
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate.
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The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate.
The legislation has little chance of becoming law in the short term, but its passage in a bipartisan vote reflects a perception by the House that Puerto Rico’s status as a colonial territory is untenable.
The House passed legislation Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold its first-ever binding referendum on whether to end its U.S. territorial status and become a state, or gain independent status.
House Democrats are making a late push to give Puerto Rico the option of ending its political status as a U.S. territory, with just days left before the year's end.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the passage of the bill—which faces an uncertain future in the Senate—marks “the first time . . . the U.S. recognized its role as a colonizing force.”
The Puerto Rico Status Act awaits a bleak fate in the Senate with Congress coming to end Friday, meaning the process to make it into law will restart next year with a new Congress.
The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate.
The U.S. House has passed a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence.
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