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The House voted to block Washington, D.C., from decoupling its local tax code from President Trump’s federal tax cuts, a move city officials say would cost hundreds of millions in revenue and require a months-long suspension of the local tax filing season; if approved by the Senate, the disruption could extend to the city’s tax system.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, age 88, filed a termination report with the Federal Election Commission indicating she will not seek a 19th term as DC’s nonvoting delegate in the House, amid months of scrutiny over her ability to represent the capital during a period of federal intervention.
President Trump called for homeless individuals in Washington, D.C., to immediately leave the city amid a crackdown on crime, promising to increase federal law enforcement presence and relocate homeless people far from the capital, despite declining crime rates and opposition from D.C. officials.
The House voted to block a police accountability bill passed by the D.C. Council, which would enact some reforms that the city put in place on a temporary basis following the killing of George Floyd in 2020. The disapproval resolution now heads to the Senate, where its prospects remain unknown. The disapproval resolutions are part of a strategy by Republicans to put a spotlight on crime in the U.S. The Biden administration has said the president would veto the resolution.