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Puerto Rico governor asks Congress to make it the 51st state
Original: Puerto Rico governor formally asks US Congress to admit territory as 51st state
Puerto Rico's governor has formally petitioned the US Congress to admit the island as the 51st state. The request reopens a decades-long debate over the political status of the US territory, whose residents are American citizens but cannot vote in presidential elections and lack full representation in Congress. Any admission would require approval from both chambers of Congress and the president.
Why now: Congress is being formally asked to act on Puerto Rico statehood, a long-debated change to US political map
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- Puerto Rico governor formally asks US Congress to admit territory as 51st state · Caribbean National Weekly
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