House Republicans have advanced a federal spending bill packed with provisions that would override Washington, D.C.'s local laws and restrict its autonomy.
The bill proposes slashing funding for D.C.'s college tuition assistance, blocking marijuana sales, banning noncitizen voting, and loosening gun laws, among other measures. It also seeks to ban traffic enforcement cameras and allow out-of-state concealed carry permit holders to bring guns onto public transit. D.C. officials and advocates have condemned the bill as an attack on home rule and self-governance, calling the measures unreasonable and patronizing.
The move has reignited longstanding tensions over Congress's authority to intervene in the District's affairs.
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