Senators Mike Lee (R-utah) and Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at repealing the District of Columbia.
Home Rules Actcites the mayor and city council's “violent crime, corruption, and failure to prevent non-citizens' votes.”
Under the Home Rules Act of 1973, district residents elected the mayor and 13 councils and delegated certain powers to the district's local government.
I'll exercise it
Overall legislative authority Beyond the DC granted by Articles 8, 8, 8, 8 of the US Constitution, Congress reviews all laws passed by the DC Council before it became law, and Maintaining authority over budgets. Additionally, the president has appointed district judges and the DC is prohibited from having voter representatives in Congress.
Lee and Ogles clearly believe that even if Congress acts as a check, DC cannot trust its own issues.
“Bowser and her corrupt Washington City Council can't control the city.”
After all, the city is currently run by Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser
I saw it 3,469 violent crimes, including 187 murders, and 25,879 property crimes. Already, at least 21 murders have been held this year. In DC evaluation Of the two Neighborhood Scouts' Crime Index, 100 is the safest.
Lee and Ogles
It is shown The DC Council's revised penal code passage is that “removing penalties for crimes” is one of the local decisions that helped set the stage for the lawlessness that the district is currently suffering. .
Corruption is also a major issue for the district.
For example, last week, the DC Council vote Unanimously, one of them expels Trayon White (D), a member of its own anti-Semitism council. White was arrested by the FBI in August. defendant In exchange for allegedly extending contracts between the two companies, which exceed $5 million, kickbacks could go over $150,000.
“The corruption, crime and incompetence of the DC government has been an embarrassment towards our country's capital for decades,” Lee said.
It has been supported for a long time To end the DC Home Rules. “It has been a long time that Congress has restored George Washington's honor and integrity to the beautiful city with his name.”
“Bowser and her corrupt Washington City Council can't control the city,” Ogles said. “Therefore, it appears appropriate for Parliament to regain constitutional authority and restore the country's capital.”
Bringing security to Washington surveillance and all residents' lawsan acronym that matches the district's Democratic mayor's surname will repeal the Home Rules Act a year after the bill passes.
Already, Democrats and other leftists have concluded.
ACLU branch of the district
I said “D.C. residents, mostly of people of color, are often subject to congressional overrides of local policies, and this latest federal overreach has been the case for its long-standing fraud,” he said in a statement Friday. It's strengthening the
“Whether members of Congress want to be responsible for governing cities of Washington's size and importance, I would like to urge the people of DC to join this fight, and to the Congress, Senator Shadow Us, DC, to take on the responsibility of governing cities of Washington's size and importance, and to the Congress, Show me how strongly you are against this authoritarian power.”
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