{"id":1998038,"date":"2023-08-11T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-citing-rising-crime-rate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:36:10","slug":"gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-citing-rising-crime-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-citing-rising-crime-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker proposes bill to repeal DC Home Rule Act due to increasing crime rate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-citing-rising-crime-rate%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=1998038&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--><h2>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Freshman Rep.\u2064 Andy Ogles (R-TN) Introduces Bill to Reclaim \u2064Congressional Authority \u200dover D.C.<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles\u2064 (R-TN) filed a\u200d bill on Friday that aims \u200dto repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act and restore Congress&#8217; authority over the \u200bdistrict.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/\" title=\"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings\">alarming rise<\/a> in crime rates in Washington, Ogles\u200c argues that it \u2062is crucial for Congress to retake\u2062 its &#8220;constitutional \u2064authority&#8221; over the district. The D.C. Home Rule Act, which was \u200bpassed in 1973, would be\u2062 repealed under this bill, granting some \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-oversight-republicans-kevin-mccarthy-plan-november-surprise-for-dc-mayor-bowser\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Republicans, Kevin McCarthy Plan November Surprise For DC Mayor Bowser\">congressional powers<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">local government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Inflation Complicates Biden&#8217;s Path Back to the White House<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>During the first nine days of August\u200c alone, \u200dthe district\u200c witnessed 16 homicides, bringing the total\u200c number of homicides\u200c this year to\u200c over \u2063160. This represents a 28% increase compared to \u200dthe previous year. If the trend \u200bcontinues, the district is on track to surpass 200 \u2064homicides\u200b for the third consecutive year, reaching \u2064levels not seen in over two decades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u2062 response\u2064 to this alarming \u2063situation, Ogles,\u200d along\u2063 with co-sponsors Reps.\u200c Byron \u2064Donalds (R-FL) \u200cand Matt Rosendale (R-MT), \u200dintroduced the Seat of Government Act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO\u200d READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the first\u2062 5 days \u200cof August, DC saw 13 homicides. The Nation&#8217;s capital has \u200bbeen overrun with violent crime, drugs, theft, homelessness,\u2064 and riots,&#8221; Ogles stated. \u200b&#8221;The Constitution places the authority and responsibility of DC \u200cadministration with\u2063 the Congress \u2064\u2014 not with a \u200bDC Mayor or a DC City Council. Congress needs to reclaim its\u2062 Constitutional authority\u200b and make our Nation&#8217;s capital safe again, which is why I&#8217;m introducing \u200dthe \u200cSeat of Government Act to repeal the DC Home Rule Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u200cexistence of the Home Rule Act,\u2062 Congress still \u2062maintains oversight over the district and has the power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-citing-rising-crime-rate\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker proposes bill to repeal DC Home Rule Act due to increasing crime rate.\">override local legislation<\/a>. In \u2064fact, \u200bas recently\u2064 as March, Congress overturned Washington&#8217;s crime bill, with President \u200bJoe \u2064Biden signing the measure to block it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill to repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act, granting Congress control over the district. Concerned about increasing crime in Washington, Ogles believes Congress should reclaim its constitutional authority and revoke the 1973 Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1998039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}