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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, arrives to hold a confirmation hearing for Tommy Beaudreau of Alaska, to be deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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A long-shot bid to pass legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation's 51st state got a little longer on Friday.

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press April 30, 2021