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en-wikipedia-org-7833		51st state - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	14963	1826	66	Voters in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have both voted for statehood in referendums.[1][2] As statehood candidates, their admission to the Union requires congressional approval.[3] American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands are also U.S. territories and could potentially become U.S. states.[4] On December 11, 2012, Puerto Rico's legislature resolved to request that the President and the U.S. Congress act on the results, end the current form of territorial status and begin the process of admitting Puerto Rico to the Union as a state.[34] On January 4, 2017, Puerto Rico's new representative to Congress pushed a bill that would ratify statehood by 2025.[35]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7833.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7833.txt