One GOP lawmaker told dcexaminer that during House Republicans’ closed-door conference meeting, members were “chuckling that Biden opposed the DC crime bill vote and Dems felt pressured to oppose…and now Biden flipped and supports.”
The resolution, led by Rep. Andrew Clyde , will be taken up on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, with Biden stating he will sign the measure. The president had initially come out in opposition to the resolution, only changing his stance after most House Democrats voted against it last month. The bill is now expected to garner a sizable amount of support from Senate Democrats as the GOP prepares to use public safety as a wedge issue in the 2024 elections.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise argued that had the Washington criminal code overhaul, which would have done away with a large portion of mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes and reinstated the use of jury trials for misdemeanors, taken effect, it would have exasperated the city's public safety problem.
“They literally got rid of mandatory minimums for violent criminals, so somebody that carjacked you at gunpoint after being convicted can walk scot-free without a day in prison,” he added. “Republicans' commonsense legislation overhauling the District of Columbia’s radical criminal code has forced even Joe Biden to admit the Democrat-run city has a crime issue,” the Minnesota Republican said.
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