Politics Wins Over Principle As Dems Axe DC Crime Code Reforms

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In principle, Democratic lawmakers support the local Washington, D.C., government's power to make laws for the city's residents — who don't have voting representation in Congress.

But, facing the political risk of seeming weak on crime, a huge majority Senate Democrats voted to overturn a local criminal code reform that was unanimously approved by the elected city council.

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0:03.6	I turned 45 about three months ago and began working on a list of 50 things I want to do before I turn 50,
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0:20.1	It's 117 Eastern on Thursday, March 9.
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0:38.9	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:40.4	I'm Scott Detreau. I cover the White House.
0:41.9	I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.
0:43.9	And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:46.4	It is great to pod with both of you.
0:48.9	Nice to be here.
0:50.4	So here's what we're talking about today.
0:51.9	Voters all over the country are worried about rising current rates.
0:54.4	And historically voters trust Republicans more than Democrats when it comes to issues like law enforcement and public safety.
0:59.9	So when President Biden announced last week that he was going to side with Republicans and block a new DC crime law
1:06.4	written by a Liberal City Council, it exposed deep, deep divisions among Democrats over how to handle this issue.
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