From Traffic to Vasectomies, Congress Takes Aim at DC

From traffic to vasectomies, Congress takes aim at DC

Congressional Republicans have long panned local policies in Washington, D.C., and sought to remake the nation’s capital to their own liking. Their latest attempts, tacked on to a spending proposal released by House appropriators this weekend, go even further than usual, according to Democrats and local advocates. “The policy overreach is more extreme than it’s been,” said Paul Strauss, one of D.C.’s two elected shadow senators. While many of th…

Congressional Subcommittee Votes To Keep Blocking Marijuana Sales In D.C. As Trump Requested In Budget

House lawmakers have advanced a spending bill that would maintain a controversial provision preventing Washington, D.C. from using its own tax dollars to create a regulated marijuana market. On Monday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) approved the legislation, retaining the rider championed by anti-cannabis Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD). To the disappointment of stakeholders and advocates, the F…

DC’s sole congressional delegate slams ‘outrageous’ House appropriations bill

Washington, D.C.’s only representative in Congress condemned the newest appropriations bill from the House Appropriations Committee that was set to be reviewed in a subcommittee on Monday evening. The fiscal 2026 bill for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee…

DC’s sole congressional delegate slams ‘outrageous’ House appropriations bill - Washington Examiner

Washington, D.C.’s only representative in Congress condemned the newest appropriations bill from the House Appropriations Committee that was set to be reviewed in a subcommittee on Monday evening. The fiscal 2026 bill for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee was released on Sunday, drawing criticism from lawmakers such as Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who pushed back against the “unreasonable” and “patronizing” legisla…

EHN: “Anti-Home Rule Riders on Subcommittee-Passed D.C. Appropriations Bill are “Appalling” and “Unsurprising”

photo by Julia From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The House Committee on Appropriations marked up and passed the fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill last night, which Norton said includes an outrageous and irresponsible number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, desp…

Congressional Subcommittee Votes To Keep Blocking Marijuana Sales In D.C. As Trump Requested In Budget - Cannabis News World

House lawmakers have advanced a spending bill that would maintain a controversial provision preventing Washington, D.C. from using its own tax dollars to create a regulated marijuana market. On Monday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) approved the legislation, retaining the rider championed by anti-cannabis Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD). To The post Congressional Subcommittee Votes To Keep Block…