- President Biden on Monday signed into law a bill pass by Congress with strong bipartisan support to block a measure by District of Columbia lawmakers to update the city’s criminal code but that also relaxed penalties for some violent crimes.
- D.C. City Council passed the measure veto override on Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser.
- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy celebrated Biden’s signing Monday, saying House Republicans led the congressional effort to block the “soft-on-crime criminal code rewrite that treated violent criminals like victims and discarded the views of law enforcement.”
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FILE - in this April 2, 2021, file photo acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police Yogananda Pittman listens during a news conference after a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill near the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Pittman, the Capitol Police official who led intelligence operations when thousands of pro-Trump rioters descended Jan. 6, is back in charge of intelligence as officials prepare for what’s expected to be a massive rally at the Capitol to support those who took part in the insurrection. Pittman has been put back in charge as assistant chief of the agency’s intelligence operations and supervising officers who protect top congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
