The hearing follows a successful Republican effort — with help from dozens of Democrats — to block D.C. legislation overhauling the city’s outdated criminal code.
the disapproval resolution, which will mark the first time in a generation that Congress successfully overturned a D.C. bill. Congress has oversight of D.C. through a provision in the Constitution.
city is well-accustomed to facing whenever the House is in Republican hands. As the city gears up for the March 29 hearing, it must also contend with another Republican-led disapproval resolution separately, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans have launched an inquiry into the treatment ofpretrial detainees in the D.C. jail, leaving D.C. with its hands full in responding to Republican requests.
In the D.C. crime bill, Republicans took aim at provisions that eliminated mandatory minimums for almost all crimes and reduced statutory maximums for other violent crimes such as carjacking, robbery and sexual assault. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had vetoed the bill over similar concerns.
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