US EditionGOP House Lawmakers Pass Bills Targeting DC Crime-Fighting Policies
House Republicans passed bills ending D.C.'s cashless bail and rolling back police reforms they link to a 2024 crime rise, now awaiting Senate consideration.
- Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass two D.C.-centered bills after voice votes this week, sending them to the Senate for consideration.
- House Republicans say the legislation responds to rising crime concerns, with Republican members citing D.C. crime and President Donald Trump's prior order eliminating cashless bail.
- The measures would reinstate cash bail for many offenses and require pretrial detention for violent charges, while rolling back 2022 law reforms on chokeholds, body-worn cameras, and police disciplinary records.
- By contrast, the D.C. Police Union supported the legislation, praising the CLEAN DC Act and calling the 2022 law 'gutting due process,' while Mayor Muriel Bowser opposed the measures as federal overreach.
- Historically, the proposals would alter D.C.'s bail and oversight rules more than recent decades; the House Oversight Committee called this the most aggressive attempt in 30 years, but the bills now need some Democratic support in the Senate to overcome the filibuster.
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House passes bills targeting two DC public safety laws
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