House to Take up Proposed Bills on DC Control as Crime Emergency Is Set to Expire

House to take up proposed bills on DC control as crime emergency is set to expire

The U.S. House Oversight Committee is expected to take up 14 proposed bills this week that are aimed at changing the way D.C. is governed. One bill threatens to...

District Links: Councilmembers warn of ‘unprecedented attack’ on DC autonomy ahead of House panel’s markup; thousands march for ‘Free DC’; and more

In conjunction with President Donald Trump’s focus on crime and public safety in DC, the GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has scheduled a meeting Wednesday to consider more than a dozen DC-related bills with provisions that would alter various long-standing criminal justice policies, make it easier to reject new laws adopted by […]