President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats that he won’t veto a Republican-led effort to reverse a crime bill passed in the District of Columbia that lowers criminal penalties for a range of violent crimes.
In February, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed resolutions that undo voting and crime bills adopted by the local D.C. government.
Biden and Democrats met on March 2 to discuss the crime bill and a range of other issues before Congress. In comments to reporters after the meeting, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) revealed Biden’s decision not to oppose the Republican resolution on the D.C. crime bill….