Washington (AFP) - US House Democrats will make history Friday by voting for Washington DC to become the nation's 51st state, but the move, a push for voting rights for the capital's residents, is doomed in the Senate.

Washington (AFP) - US House lawmakers made history Friday by voting for Washington to become the nation's 51st state, but the move, a push for equal voting rights for the capital's residents, is doomed in the Senate.

The Republican-controlled Senate is not expected to consider the legislation, and Republican President Donald Trump has publicly opposed the move, noting that statehood would result in electing more Democrats to Congress.

DC has been trying to make its case to join the union for decades as its residents have long found themselves in a constitutional black hole

WASHINGTON _ The House of Representatives voted Friday to make Washington, D.C., a state _ the first time in history the proposal has passed a chamber of Congress.

For the first time in U.S. history, the House voted to make D.C. a state.