President Donald Trump’s 30-day police takeover may be over, but attempts to tighten federal control over Washington, D.C., are far from done, as House Republicans are making clear.
Locals wearing “Free DC” and “Our City Our Say” shirts lined up Wednesday to watch lawmakers debate more than a dozen GOP-led bills aimed at policing, sentencing and self-governance in the District. After a sometimes raucous markup that stretched into the night, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced them on mostly party lines.
Critics say the legislative push represents an existential threat to home rule, while supporters argue it’s needed to bring order back to the nation’s capital.
