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Rules Committee moves D.C. policing and bail bills to the floor amid sharp home-rule debate
Summary
Republicans urged HR 5214 (District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act) and HR 5107 (Clean DC Act) as tools to restore public safety in D.C.; Democrats objected that the measures override local democracy, would expand pretrial detention and repeal local accountability reforms, and disproportionately affect low-income residents.
The House Rules Committee heard extensive testimony over two measures aimed at revising criminal-justice policy in the District of Columbia.
Representative Pete Sessions and other proponents framed HR 5214, the District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act, and HR 5107, the Common Sense Law Enforcement Accountability (Clean DC) Act, as responses to public-safety concerns in Washington, D.C. Sessions said the bills would allow…
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