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WASHINGTON — In the days since an upbeat meeting with President Joe Biden at a party retreat in Baltimore, House Democrats have been expressing frustration with the White House over the president’s decision to sign legislation to overturn a rewrite of the local criminal code in Washington, D.C.

In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.

US president angers progressives by saying he will not veto Congress bill to block justice reform in Washington, DC.

The expected move next week in Congress to overturn District of Columbia laws dealing with criminal justice and voting has created a political tempest in the nation’s capital, with local activists decrying it as the latest effort to undermine the city’s ability to determine its own future

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

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House Democrats are voicing frustration over Biden's decision not to veto legislation that would overturn an updated D.C. criminal code.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he’d sign Republican legislation barring the government in Washington, D.C., from making changes to its own criminal code, reversing his earlier position in a move that will surely anger statehood advocates and others in the heavily Democratic city.

Biden's refusal to veto the resolution has provided welcome cover to vulnerable Senate Democrats.

Congress has final authority over the capital city.