FIGHTING FOR
DC STATEHOOD
Ankit is 100% pro-D.C. statehood. Achieving statehood will be his #1 priority as Shadow Senator. Passing the statehood bill requires someone who knows how Congress works; Ankit has worked in legislative advocacy, knows how to pass legislation, and he has a plan to make statehood happen.
Ankit has already worked with pro-democracy advocacy organizations to get D.C. statehood included in a package of nationwide pro-democracy bills that has real momentum behind it. Ankit will work across the aisle with Republicans to get them to see the injustice and racism of denying over 700,000 Americans–a majority of whom are people of color and a plurality of whom are Black–the right to vote and work to secure a bipartisan vote in favor of the D.C. statehood bill and the rest of this democracy package. If that is unsuccessful, the next time Democrats have full control of government, Ankit will then work with the entire statehood and pro-democracy community to push the democracy package through the House. He will push for the Senate to create a filibuster exception for these bills and pass them through the Senate on a simple majority vote. Finally, he will work to ensure the President signs them into law.