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In addition to the coming $2 billion funding request, Trump over the last week also has called on lawmakers to repeal D.C.’s 1973 Home Rule Act and end policies like so-called "cashless bail" as part of
"So we’re going to do a job," Trump added without describing exactly what his patrol would look like on Washington, D.C.’s streets.
The D.C. actions also reflect Trump 2.0’s more interventionist streak than his first administration.
"D.C.’s officials have not carried out their responsibility to serve its citizens.
Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal, a former Connecticut state attorney general, voted for the measure that blocks D.C.’s revised code from becoming local law.
President Joe Biden told Senate Democrats on Thursday he would not veto a House-passed measure that would block Washington, D.C.’s revised criminal code — which members of both parties say is too lenient
[ For more on the history and future of D.C.’s RFK stadium, see CQ Roll Call’s 2017 documentary ]
City Council which passed the act in 2012, said being tied to the congressional appropriations process can be considered a negative factor to D.C.’s credit rating, particularly when gridlock has led to
McKinless and Rema Rahman [jwp-video n=”1″] With Metro officials set to appear before Congress this week, Roll Call went underground to ask district commuters what they thought of D.C.’s