The Hill- Senate Republicans are trying to put the squeeze on Democrats ahead of an expected vote on legislation next week that would undo parts of a District of Columbia crime bill.
The bill would eliminate most mandatory sentences, lower penalties for a number of violent offenses, including carjackings and robberies, and expand the requirement for jury trials in most misdemeanor cases.
The legislation was unanimously approved by the D.C. City Council, which then overrode a veto by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser in an overwhelming 12-1 vote.
The GOP-led House passed a resolution of disapproval that would block the implementation of the law. It’s that resolution the Senate is expected to vote on next week — and it is likely to pass despite the Democratic Senate majority and the party’s usual support for D.C. home rule.
The reasons are a mix of the political and circumstantial.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is expected to miss the vote as he gets treatment for clinical depression, which narrows the Democratic majority to 50-49.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he’ll vote in favor of the resolution, saying the legislation doesn’t make sense to him.
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They’ll buy a couple republicans to pass it.
how will this affect those imprisoned for the so-called Insurrection of Jan 6th ??
Fetterman will still vote. Somehow.
Likely his wife will manage a proxy vote. Hell, Dems run the Senate so Schumer will get whatever outcome he wants to get.
“An honest politician is one who, once bought, stays bought”―Will Rogers