NEW: Rep AOC presides over House passage of Puerto Rican statehood legislation
The bill would allow Puerto Rico to vote on whether to remain a freely associated territory, declare sovereignty, or become the country's 51st state. But with a need-to-pass funding bill sucking up every available moment in the Senate, the likelihood of the legislation receiving a vote in the upper chamber before the end of the session is slim. It passed the House on Thursday in a 233-191 vote, with 16 Republicans joining Democrats.
"Today, for the first time in our nation's history, the U.S. will recognize its role as a colonizing force," Ocasio-Cortez said in her opening statement.Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and send a nonvoting delegate to Congress. The island is an unincorporated territory. Puerto Rico Rep.
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