Biden Says He Won’t Veto GOP Bill To Overturn D.C. Crime Law
President Joe Biden told a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday in a closed-door meeting that he will not veto a Republican measure to repeal a new progressive crime bill passed by the Washington, D.C. City Council. Washington D.C. is under federal jurisdiction, and thus Congress can directly overrule local politicians in the area. The GOP-sponsored bill, however, would be the first time since 1991 that Congress has overridden a local D.C. law. The D.C. Council bill, perhaps most controversially, would reduce the penalties for carjackings and get rid of certain mandatory minimum measures — de...