{"id":559246,"date":"2023-03-04T01:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-notch-key-win-with-bidens-dc-crime-bill-move\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T01:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:37:03","slug":"republicans-notch-key-win-with-bidens-dc-crime-bill-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-notch-key-win-with-bidens-dc-crime-bill-move\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans notch key win with Biden\u2019s DC crime bill move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278b46ab6df\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278b46ab6df\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-notch-key-win-with-bidens-dc-crime-bill-move\/#Republicans_notch_key_win_with_Bidens_DC_crime_bill_move\" >Republicans notch key win with Biden\u2019s DC crime bill move<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Republicans_notch_key_win_with_Bidens_DC_crime_bill_move\"><\/span>Republicans notch key win with Biden\u2019s DC crime bill move<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/thunejohn_bidenjoe_030323gn_split_gop-win.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President\u2019s Biden announcement late this week that he will not veto the GOP-led resolution of dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval of the District of Columbia\u2019s new crime bill handed Republicans a major political victory and puts his own party\u2019s divisions on full display as they attempt to combat attacks that they are soft on crime.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans were already set to message heavily on the bill next week before it comes to the floor \u2014 and now will get to do so against a Democratic caucus likely more split on the measure than was expected, as some will likely be swayed by the White House\u2019s move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s a smart move on his part, and I think that if Democrats in the Senate were smart, they\u2019d make it a big vote next week,\u201d Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told The Hill. \u201cClearly, I think they\u2019re reading the tea leaves and understand that that\u2019s an issue that\u2019s got a lot of resonance with people of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, it\u2019s a recognition on their part that they were playing a losing hand on this issue and needed to get right with the American people,\u201d Thune added. \u201cSo yeah \u2014 it\u2019s a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early indications following Biden\u2019s decision show exactly that as Democrats rally behind him and break with \u201chome rule\u201d for the District \u2014 at least on this issue. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate pro tempore,\u00a0announced\u00a0on Friday that she is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1631703064309530640\">siding with the president when the bill hits the floor<\/a> this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who served in Democratic leadership prior to this Congress,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-says-he-wont-veto-bill-blocking-d-c-crime-law-d26e6b54?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1\">joins the likes<\/a>\u00a0of Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). While Manchin announced his plans days before Biden\u2019s decision, the moves by the four other Senate Democrats indicate that this could be a big vote in support of reversing the crime bill.<\/p>\n<p>Others still weren\u2019t sure following their sit-down with Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) told reporters to \u201ctalk to me next week,\u201d adding that it\u2019s a \u201ccomplicated matter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The bill in question passed the D.C. City Council unanimously earlier this year. The council later overrode a veto by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) last month, paving the way for the legislation to be enshrined in law until Biden surprised lawmakers by siding with its removal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the measure would eliminate most mandatory sentences and lower penalties for a number of violent offenses, including robberies and carjackings, which Biden specifically referred to in a tweet announcing his plans.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, there have been 95 carjackings in D.C. this year alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>There is anger among some on the Democratic side for Biden\u2019s move, however. In addition to those who were blindsided by the Thursday announcement after opposing the GOP measure in the House, there are progressives who are upset at the decision and what it means for the possibility of the District eventually winning statehood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply disappointed to see the president announce he will allow Congress to overturn a D.C. law for the first time in decades,\u201d Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus, told\u00a0CNN. \u201cThis is simple: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1631715912758722560\">The District of Columbia must be allowed to govern itself.<\/a> Democrats\u2019 commitment to home rule should apply regardless of the substance of the local legislation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s position has Republicans downright giddy. Not only does the effort bear fruit legislatively and become more than a messaging effort, but it also allows the party to attack a number of House Democrats for voting against the bill when they were under the assumption that Biden was going to veto it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In total, 173 House Democrats voted against the resolution, giving the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackpandol\/status\/1631488082175307776\">National Republican Congressional Committee<\/a>\u00a0a clear opening to go on offense. Thirty-one Democrats, including many in competitive House seats, voted with every Republican for the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ads write themselves for the progressive Democrats who voted for uncontrollable crime and out-of-control wokeness,\u201d said Corry Bliss, a GOP political operative who previously ran the Congressional Leadership Fund. \u201cThe law is so bad, Biden couldn\u2019t even support it. \u2026 It defies common sense.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201csoft on crime\u201d message Republicans are trying to tether to Democrats has layers though. Specifically, they are trying to highlight crime in major U.S. cities, with the Chicago mayoral contest this week serving as a prime example: Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) lost her reelection bid due in part to the issue.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Crime in the District also hit home for lawmakers earlier this year when Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was assaulted in her Washington apartment building only hours before the House vote on the bill in question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A vote in the upper chamber has yet to be scheduled, but it is expected to happen mid-next week.<\/p>\n<p>And with the wind at their backs, Republicans are set to talk about the issue nonstop in the intervening days.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe need to know that D.C. is going to be a safe place for the residents, so I\u2019m glad that he hopefully took that into consideration,\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is a big win for [the GOP], but we need to know and understand that it\u2019s not just members of Congress that are here,\u201d Ernst said. \u201cThere are families that live here in the District, and whether it\u2019s drugs, whether it\u2019s robberies, whether it\u2019s murder, all of that needs to be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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