House Republicans Move to Override D.C. Laws and Slash Local Funding in Controversial Spending Bill

House Republicans have advanced a federal appropriations 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, including allowing concealed weapons on public transit. It also seeks to ban traffic enforcement cameras and restrict local spending on abortion. 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 control of the District's affairs.