House Republicans have advanced an appropriations bill packed with provisions that would override Washington, D.C.'s local authority on a range of issues, including gun laws, abortion, traffic safety, marijuana sales, and voting rights.
The bill proposes deep cuts to D.C.'s college tuition assistance program and seeks to ban noncitizen voting, block marijuana sales, and loosen gun restrictions in the city. Local leaders and D.C.'s congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, have condemned the bill as unreasonable, patronizing, and a direct assault on the city's autonomy. These interventions are part of a longstanding pattern where Congress uses its power over D.C.'s budget to impose federal priorities on the city, despite local opposition.
The move has reignited debates over D.C.'s lack of statehood and self-governance.
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