President Joe Biden told Senate Democrats on Thursday he would not veto a House-passed measure that would block Washington, D.C.’s revised criminal code — which members of both parties say is too lenient on criminals.
“The President, obviously, says he will not veto the measure,” said Senate Judiciary member Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., telling reporters after the meeting that he is still “reviewing the actual provisions of the D.C. crime bill.”
Biden’s announcement caught D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton off guard when reporters caught up to her at House Democrats’ “issues retreat” in Baltimore.
