The District’s politicians are marching on in their statehood lobbying trips even after failing to get a New Hampshire House of Representatives committee to approve a resolution in support of the idea.
After plunking down about $4,000 to send Mayor Vincent Gray and five council members to testify in Concord, N.H., next up is likely Tallahassee, Fla., where a smaller delegation of one or two politicians will travel to answer questions on why D.C. should be a state.
A resolution has been introduced in the Florida Legislature in support of the District becoming the 51st state in the Union, according to at-large Councilman Michael Brown‘s office. Brown is also working with legislators in Illinois, Tennessee and Maryland to get similar resolutions introduced.
David Meadows, a spokesman for Brown, said they weren’t giving up on New Hampshire.
“There’s still the possibility of getting it to a vote on the full House floor,” he said.
Brown, at-large Councilman David Catania, Council Chairman Kwame Brown and the mayor are meeting Monday to talk strategy, Meadows said.
But critics said politicians didn’t get what they wanted because of the District legislature’s own problems with ethical lapses.
