The move comes as the Senate is poised to vote this week on the resolution disapproving of the D.C. Council's overhaul of the criminal code, which would invalidate the law.
the Republican-controlled House last month with support from 31 Democrats and is expected to garner bipartisan support from the Senate.
"It's quite clear to me that the headwinds that have prevailed in Congress are about the politics of next year's election and not about what's the substance in this criminal code," he said."The fact is that the criminal code has hit these headwinds, which is why I pulled it back." "Not only does the statute not allow for a withdrawal of a transmission, but at this point the Senate Republican privileged motion will be acting on the House disapproval resolution, rather than the D.C.
"This desperate, made-up maneuver not only has no basis in the DC Home Rule Act, but underscores the completely unserious way the D.C. Council has legislated," he said in a statement."No matter how hard they try, the Council cannot avoid accountability for passing this disastrous, dangerous D.C. soft-on-crime bill that will make residents and visitors less safe."
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