House passes bill setting vote on Puerto Rico political status ...Middle East

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would set a vote to determine Puerto Rico’s political status. The bill, titled the Puerto Rico Status Act, cleared the chamber in a 233-191 vote. Sixteen Republicans voted with Democrats in support of the legislation. If enacted, the measure would schedule a vote on a binding referendum. Puerto Rico residents would decide whether they wanted statehood, independence or independence followed by free association with the U.S. It would also create an objective and nonpartisan voter education campaign in the lead-up to the vote that would be federally funded. But the legislation faces unlikely odds in the Senate, where at least 60 votes are neede

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