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washington [US]March 9 (ANI): The US Senate passed a Republican-led resolution to block a controversial Washington D.C. crime bill that will go to President Joe Biden for final approval.
“This joint resolution repeals the Revised Penal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the District of Columbia (DC) Assembly. The Act introduced various changes to DC’s criminal code, including providing statutory definitions for various elements of criminal offenses, Revise sentencing guidelines and penalties, and expand the right to a jury trial for certain misdemeanors,” the U.S. Congress said in an official statement.
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Clearly, most Republicans have put a comma on the Democrats’ efforts. Democrats hold a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, with most legislation needing at least 60 votes to pass to overcome the filibuster, according to CNN.
However, a resolution to block the D.C. crime bill would only require a simple majority in the Senate. The final vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, 81 to 14.
DC committee chairs sought to withdraw the legislation from congressional scrutiny after it became clear that the opposing resolution was expected to pass with broad support in the Senate. But this exit attempt did not stop the Senate vote from moving forward.
The effort to stop the crime bill has divided Democrats and underscored the difficult balance the party is trying to strike as Republicans accuse them of failing to tackle crime, CNN reported.
Earlier, also in February, Republicans tried to block Democrats. According to a statement from the U.S. Congress, “This joint resolution repeals the Revised Penal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the District of Columbia (DC) Assembly. definition of various elements of the law, amend sentencing guidelines and penalties, and expand the right to a jury trial for certain misdemeanors.”
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden told Democratic senators on Thursday that he would not veto Republican-led legislation to repeal the controversial Washington, D.C. Actively accuse the case of their weakness for crime.
Biden’s announcement was planned in advance, according to a person familiar with the matter, and White House officials have been dodging questions about whether he would veto the measure in the past few days. Instead, they pointed to an executive policy statement that opposed the measure on the grounds of respect for regional autonomy, CNN reported. (Arnie)
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