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Yep, solely up to Congress to admit. However, the fact that DC was created in the first place is a Constitutional issue that the Capital may not be in any one state. The original creation of DC included land on BOTH sides of the Potomac, taken from Virginia and Maryland. In the 1840s, the land south of the Potomac was ceded back to Virginia and only that part originally taken from Maryland remained as DC. The Republicans have offered a compromise to cede all except the land on which the Capital Building, the White House, and the Supreme Court sit back to Maryland which would give DC one Congressman and they could vote for Senators from Maryland. Thus DC for all intents would become a city in Maryland and the only residents in DC would be the President and family (who have always maintained voting rights in their home state). The Dems rejected this outright as their intent has nothing to do with giving representational right to the people who live in DC, but is a power grab to get two more Dem Senators for a piece of land smaller than most cities in the country and thus take over the Senate to jam through more of their Socialist/Progressive agenda.