{"id":1870005,"date":"2023-03-07T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-2024-election-over-dc-home-rule-in-crime-vote-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T06:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:12:54","slug":"biden-picks-2024-election-over-dc-home-rule-in-crime-vote-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-2024-election-over-dc-home-rule-in-crime-vote-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden picks 2024 election over DC home rule in crime vote fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-picks-2024-election-over-dc-home-rule-in-crime-vote-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1870005&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78171977\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\" Biden picks 2024 election over DC home rule in crime vote fight\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"President Joe Biden's stand against the wishes of Washington, D.C.'s liberal leaders, and the congressional Democrats who backed them despite concerns about rising crime, marked a rare instance of Biden choosing his political future as a centrist over the excesses of his party. 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Council continued to boil over on Monday when the council's president withdrew a crime bill the U.S. Senate was preparing to strike down in a bipartisan vote later this week.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-07 06:51:02\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1255157_th_1678171971.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1255157.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78171977\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1255157\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>Biden&#8217;s refusal to follow the lead of Washington, D.C. liberal leaders and the support of congressional Democrats despite growing crime concerns marked an uncommon instance in which he chose his political future as centrist rather than the exaggerations of his party.<\/p>\n<p>Drama is over <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/dc-council-bill-would-invite-massive-hike-in-violent-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal justice reforms<\/a> On Monday, the D.C. Council presented a new crime bill which the president of the council pulled. The U.S. Senate had been preparing to vote down the bill in a bipartisan vote later in the week.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/senate-still-vote-dc-crime-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SENATE PLOWS FORWARD WITH VOTE ON CRIME BILL DESPITE DC COUNCIL BACKPEDAL<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, the Senate leadership indicated that the Senate will continue to consider disapproval of reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s promise to sign the resolution forced D.C. Councilmembers to give up their controversial modifications to the city\u2019s criminal code.<\/p>\n<p>The president also seemed to be aware of the risk that being soft on crime could put him in when he enters the 2020 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president struck the right chord here in terms of continuing to support home rule, supporting public safety measures for city residents while also giving important cover to the dozens of Democrats in both the House and Senate who will support this resolution,&#8221; Kevin Walling was a Democratic strategist who spoke to the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As both a resident of D.C. and a supporter of this president, I think he did the right thing when it comes to announcing his intent not to veto the congressional resolution disapproving of the city council&#8217;s criminal code changes,&#8221; Walling stated.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of Democratic concern over the attempt to override the District came down to the violation of Home Rule, which is the city&#8217;s right to self-government. Although the Constitution has the ultimate say in all laws in a district, the Home Rule Act of 1974 gave it the right to elect its mayor and city council members. These laws can be passed by the district before being sent to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of the district laws that have been enacted since the Home Rule Act were implemented without any congressional intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats advocate that this district be more autonomous, as it is deeply liberal. Many have called for statehood of the district because it would almost guarantee two liberal senators, and one liberal House member.<\/p>\n<p>For years, progressives have been inspired by the existence of district states.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, however, favored crime as the most important issue in electoral politics above the demands of activists for district home rule. He opposed the liberal criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>He deflected the powerful attack Republicans were planning to use heading into 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen this movie before. We all remember the disastrous \u2018defund the police&#8217; m<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-picks-2024-election-dc-crime-bill-fight\">Biden picks 2024 election over DC home rule in crime vote fight<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe BidenBiden&#8217;s refusal to follow the lead of Washington, D.C. liberal leaders and the support of congressional Democrats despite growing crime concerns marked an uncommon instance in which he chose his political future as centrist rather than the exaggerations of his party. Drama is over criminal justice reforms On Monday, the D.C. 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