D.C. local officials criticized President Biden's announcement that he would block changes to the city's criminal code as a major setback for statehood in the nation's capital.
opposed the criminal-code revision, but said that she will never say that she wants "Congress meddling in the affairs of the District of Columbia.""We have a lot of issues to overcome with limited home rule," she added.
“Today has been a sad day for D.C. home rule and D.C. residents’ right to self-governance," said D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,Biden's announcement clears the way for Congress to overturn a D.C. law for the first time in over three decades, after expected bipartisan approval in the Senate, Axios' Cuneyt Dil and Andrew Solender report.in D.C., with a particular focus on crime in the nation's capital. Congress has final authority over the city.
"They can come after women’s health. They can come after gun safety. They can come after protecting transgender children from discrimination," Allen said. "This is just the beginning of what we see Republicans be able to do and the Democrats just stood down."
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