House Takes Aim at Cashless Bail in DC

House takes aim at cashless bail in DC

House Republicans this year have pursued an aggressive oversight agenda for Washington, D.C., and they wasted little time returning to it after reopening the government. On Wednesday the House passed two bills aimed at rolling back criminal justice laws, with help from a number of Democrats. One would require cash bail for certain offenses in D.C., making it easier to lock up defendants before they go to trial. The final vote was 237-179, with 2…

District Links: Top DC officials criticize GOP bills as unprecedented overreach ahead of House votes; halfway house still unfinished; and more

Ahead of expected House action on two DC-related bills this week, the District’s three top elected officials issued a joint statement today objecting to those measures as well as 11 others advanced by a GOP-run House committee as “unprecedented federal overreach.”

House committee OKs bills aimed at overturning parts of two DC public safety laws

District leaders are once again fighting off what they are calling an assault on home rule. This time it comes from Congress, where House Republicans moved...