The District of Columbia statehood development is a political development that promoters making the District of Columbia a U.S. state. As the national capital, the District of Columbia is a government region under the immediate locale of the United States Congress. Statehood would allow the District voting portrayal in the Congress and full control over nearby undertakings. For the greater part of the current statehood development, the new state's name would have been "New Columbia"; be that as it may, the D.C. City Council changed the proposed name to "Province of Washington, D.C." in October 2016, in which "D.C." would remain for "Douglass Commonwealth", a reference to abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Statehood for the District, which is otherwise called Washington, D.C., may be accomplished by a demonstration of Congress, under the power allowed to Congress under Article Four, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Be that as it may, there is some civil argument in the matter of whether basic enactment would be adequate to give statehood to Washington, which is the seat of the United States government.
An option proposition is to reincorporate the District of Columbia into the province of Maryland.