Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. Council, said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, March 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bill Hagerty, one of the leading critics of the new criminal code, indicated that the vote to overturn will proceed as planned this week.įILE - D.C. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that were not yet official. The aide said the vote would be on the House disapproval resolution, rather than the D.C. “If they vote, they will be voting on nothing.”Ī Senate leadership aide said they expected the vote to proceed despite the announcement of the withdrawal. “If Republicans choose to go ahead with a hollow vote, that’s their choice,” Mendelson said. It was a rare move that he said wasn’t prohibited under Washington’s Home Rule authority. But the move will not prevent the Senate vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action.Ĭouncil Chairman Phil Mendelson announced the withdrawal of the law, which would have overhauled how the nation’s capital prosecutes and punishes crime. Senate vote that seemed set to overturn the measure. WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Washington, D.C., Council said Monday he is withdrawing a sweeping rewrite of the capital city’s criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S.
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