House Republicans this year have pursued an aggressive oversight agenda for Washington, D.C., and they wasted little time returning to it after reopening the government.
On Wednesday, the House passed two bills aimed at rolling back criminal justice laws, with help from a number of Democrats. One would require cash bail for certain offenses in D.C., making it easier to lock up defendants before they go to trial. The final vote was 237-179, with 28 Democrats joining Republicans in favor.
The other would repeal a controversial 2022 policing law that banned chokeholds, established a police complaints board and expanded access to body camera videos. The vote was 233-190, with 20 Democrats supporting it.
