Lawmakers and a lawsuit with high-profile support are bringing renewed attention to something long sought by Washington, D.C., residents — a vote for the District in Congress.

A lawsuit filed in federal district court in Washington last year offering a new legal theory for why voting rights should be granted has earned recent support from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the League of Women Voters.

A bill by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to grant the District statehood will get a hearing next month in the House Oversight and Reform Committee. But a lawsuit could be D.C. residents’ best chance at statehood because even if the House takes action, it may not get a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.

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Nineteen years ago, the Supreme Court turned back a lawsuit seeking to let Washington residents elect representatives and senators. It determined they do not have a right to representation because the Constitution only grants that to people who live in states.