House Republicans have advanced a new appropriations bill packed with provisions that would override Washington, D.C.'s local authority on a wide range of issues.
The bill proposes slashing funding for D.C. college tuition assistance, blocking marijuana sales, banning noncitizen voting, and loosening gun laws in the city. It also seeks to restrict D.C.'s ability to regulate traffic safety, abortion, and public health, among other areas. Local leaders and D.C.'s congressional delegate have condemned the bill as unreasonable, patronizing, and a direct assault on the city's right to self-governance.
The move has reignited the long-standing debate over D.C.'s lack of full autonomy and representation in Congress.
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