BREAKING: The Senate has voted to block much debated changes to Washington, D.C.'s, century-old criminal code, a move supported by President Joe Biden.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference following a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol, on March 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C., a move supported by President Joe Biden but criticized by some local activists.
However, he told reporters, he was "open" to working with the city council to continue to update the criminal code. The new code would have reduced maximum penalties for burglary, carjacking, robbery and other offenses while increasing sentences for crimes including attempted murder. It would have also eliminated some mandatory minimum sentences for some crimes and would have expanded jury trials for certain misdemeanors.
Demonstrators participate in a rally for Washington, D.C. independence near the U.S. Capitol on March 8, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The group is protesting Congressional involvement in local Washington, DC politics as the Senate is expected to vote to block the recently passed D.C. crime bill.Advocates of the new criminal code said the city deserves to be allowed to govern itself, noting that no Washington law has been overturned by Congress in three decades.
"Think about how patronizing and paternalistic for this body not being any part of this process now suddenly saying they need adult supervision as if they are children," added Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who was raised in D.C. "We have come together today with one simple message for Congress, and President Biden. Keep your hands off D.C. You either support D.C. home rule or you don’t. There are no exceptions. And there is no middle ground on D.C.’s rights to self-government," Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington's only representative in Congress and who doesn't get to vote on legislation, said at a protest.
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