U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill this Monday that annulled the revision of the criminal code related to Washington D.C.
Biden did not deliver any statements after the signing of the bill. However, he did tweet in early March.
He wrote:
As he backed statehood for the district, he “[does not] support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.”
The GOP House Speaker from California, Kevin McCarthy acknowledged the action in a statement, asserting it the end of what he tagged as a “soft-on-crime criminal code rewrite that treated violent criminals like victims and discarded the views of law enforcement.”
GOP Rep from Georgia, Andrew Clyde, stated:
“This is a major first step to restoring law and order in our nation’s capital city.”
Earlier this month, the Senate casted ballots to prevent new crime regulations and veto the city government, with President Joe Biden vowing to pass the GOP resolution.
However, when the congressional path seemed inescapable, and Biden also agreed to sign, the D.C. Council took back the measures.
The same incident happened back in 1991 when the Congress annulled the capital city rules via disapproval procedures and a swift change in the Democratic stance that the federal government should allow the D.C. to govern itself.
The Democratic mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, overruled the revision earlier this year, clarifying in a letter that she had “very significant concerns” regarding a few suggestions for the legislation. Later on, Bowser recommended amendments after her refusal was overruled by the council.
