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From: The Washington Times | April 30, 2010
The House voted Thursday to give Puerto Rico a nonbinding vote on its status, marking the beginning of a process that could eventually lead to a 51st state. The bill sets up a two-vote process. Puerto Ricans would first vote on whether to change commonwealth status and, if so, a second vote would be held at a later date on whether to request Congress grant statehood. "It is time for this Congress to hear from the people of Puerto Rico," said Pedro R. Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's delegate to Congress and a Democrat, who led the fight on the bill, which ...
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