House eyes cuts to DC’s autonomy as local budget fix gathers dust

LIVE NOW: House Rules Committee Holds Meeting on HR 884: Banning Non-Citizen Voting in DC Elections and More

The House Rules Committee holds a meeting at 4 p.m. ET on June 9 on the following bills: H.R. 884—To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 H.R. 2056—District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 H.R. 2096—Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act S. 331—Halt All Lethal Traffickin…

House Eyes 3 Bills to Overrule DC Government

In a major rebuke to the D.C. government, the House will consider three bills this week that would repeal three local laws.

Norton Slams GOP Over Three Anti-Home Rule Bills Targeting D.C. Autonomy

U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) denounced three Republican-backed bills targeting the District of Columbia's local governance, calling them "paternalistic" and undemocratic, and urged Congress to pass her D.C. statehood bill instead. The post Norton Slams GOP Over Three Anti-Home Rule Bills Targeting D.C. Autonomy appeared first on The Washington Informer.

House eyes cuts to DC’s autonomy as local budget fix gathers dust

Congress is “doing things that no one has asked for,” one advocate says, as lawmakers tee up three bills that would overturn D.C. decisions.

District Links: House to vote this week on 3 bills decried as attacks on DC home rule; WaPo probe scrutinizes DC response to youth violence; and more

The House of Representatives is slated to take up three GOP bills this week that DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is decrying as “anti-DC home rule” measures.