While the disapproval resolution of D.C.'s police reform legislation is likely to pass the GOP-controlled House, its path through the Senate is uncertain.
While Democrats say they are for D.C. statehood and autonomy, fear of seeming soft on crime probably fueled their votes against the city’s criminal code, which lowered sentences for some violent offenses while raising others., which D.C. wrote in 2020 and finalized in January.
The GOP members argue the legislation, which bans chokeholds and increases public access to footage of police body cameras, among other measures, is “anti-police,” while supporters say it is important for holding police accountable for misconduct. The House is planning to vote April 19 on a disapproval resolution to block the policing legislation from becoming law in D.C.
President Biden has already said he plans to veto the legislation if it reaches his desk. The measure still does not have a Senate co-lead.Rep. James Comer , chairman of the House Oversight Committee, brushed aside Biden’s veto threat during a rules debate this week ahead of the House vote. Tapping into an anxiety voiced by statehood activists, Comer noted thatdisapproval resolution to block D.C.
“This is the provision that galvanized opposition to the bill, the key provision that now leads our friends wanting to convert the Congress of the United States of America into a 535-person super city council exercising close review of the work of the 13-member Council of the District of Columbia,”The D.C.
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