The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 4, January 28, 2007, Article 9

U.S. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO EXTEND "50 STATES" QUARTER SERIES

Have more states been added to the union?  Not exactly.  But the U.S.
House of Representatives has passed a bill that would extend the "50
States" commemorative quarter program to include Washington, D.C. and
the U.S. territories.  If I recall my civics lessons properly, the bill
must be passed by the Senate and signed by the President to become law.
It has been approved four times previously by the House but has been
blocked in the Senate. With now Democrats in control, the bill may have
a greater chance to become law.

"The bill passed Tuesday. It would allow the district and American
Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana
Islands each to put a design on the reverse side of the quarter.

"D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton believes inclusion in the program
demonstrates that citizens of the nation's capital and territories have
the same rights as other Americans."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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