Posted on 12/10/2024 8:23:11 AM PST by Twotone
The D.C. Council quietly altered the titles of progressive bills in hopes of evading scrutiny from President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming Republican-controlled Congress, the Washington Post reported.
One of the bills, which would establish a group to study reparations proposals for African Americans, was initially titled the "Reparations Foundation Fund and Task Force Establishment Act," but has since been renamed the "Insurance Database Amendment Act."
Another bill, originally called the "Advancing the Range of Reproductive Options for Washingtonians Amendment Act," is now titled, "Insurance Regulation Amendment Act." The bill would require private insurance companies to pay for vasectomy procedures and services.
Both bills were edited around Nov. 18, the Post reported.
The edits are part of an effort across the D.C. government to take a more neutral tone on controversial issues with hopes of evading GOP pushback, according to D.C. Council chairman Phil Mendelson (D.) and two other city officials. The D.C. Council is subject to oversight by Congress, meaning a Republican-controlled legislature could block or overturn progressive bills.
Before Republicans flipped the White House and Senate, council member Robert C. White Jr. (D.) intended to advocate for a bill that would expand the D.C. Council. White is now pausing the effort, which he saw as "red meat" for GOP lawmakers in Congress to criticize the expansion of D.C. government or statehood.
"The District has to be strategic to not throw red meat in front of Republicans when they control the House, the Senate and the White House," White said.
The D.C. Council also canceled hearings on two other bills just three days after the election.
One of the bills up for hearing would have banned the sale of real fur in the district. The other would have made it easier for the D.C. attorney general’s office and Washington, D.C., residents to sue gun makers.
Congressional Republicans have blocked the council’s far-left legislation in the past, including a bill in 2023 that would have allowed illegal immigrants to vote in local elections.
DC wants to pay reparations for slavery? Isn’t the city financially struggling?
Lol…they must think they are smarter than Elon and Vivek and the teams they will assemble to sort through this
human and AI
That should be criminal...those titles have nothing to do with actual bills
I agree...once they started it...they should have finished it. The 10 mile square no longer exists
No, they want Uncle Sugar to pay for reparations
Hence the “ bills” they want passed
“Retrocede” is our word for today. I wouldn’t mind retreading residential areas that were originally part of Maryland. The government already retroceded a big chunk to Virginia, in the 1840’s, if memory serves.
But to the point: typical lazy journalism here. It leaves out the key point: Home rule in DC is statutory. Congress can nullify legislation passed by the DC City Council, and could even abolish home rule entirely and govern the District as it did before home rule was established. The latter’s ongoing to happen, but the former is the reason for the actions discussed in the article, but the reader would be none the wiser
Finally, I know I’m a piker compared to many here, but check out my tagline
It is about time DC started paying reparations to white people.
Six decades of anti-white hate is enough.
The eyes of the entire Trump movement are on them and soon President Trump will have the power of the entire US Federal Government to keep them under a microscope and they think they can hide this kind of stuff.
We've had enough studies, it is a stupid idea and will be off the front pages for 4 years. I love how they bastardize the names of bills, this is not new.
I like the idea. The only adjacent state is Maryland.
What chumps. What will they do when it’s all sorted out with an AI.
I thought maybe Virginia would be eligible, but didn’t feel like going & looking at a map. :-)
When I was in college I took the speed-reading course and learned to read very fast without sacrificing comprehension. I thought it would be a good idea to hire some speed-reading lawyers to go through those massive 1000-page appropriation bills that Congress routinely passes that no one has actually read.
The other day, was it Musk who said an A.I. program could do the same thing. Ferret out the hidden gems concealed within last-minute bills that have to be passed to know what’s in them.
These idiots got time for this bs but not patch potholes.
BTTT
They never stop.
I'm sure there are many members of Congress who were formally local city council members or mayors who would be happy to sit on a District of Columbia Management Committee.
-PJ
DC is so liberal that you can simply give most of it to Maryland. It won’t make a difference there.
“...hidden gems concealed within last-minute bills...”
Bills need to be limited, both in length & purpose. No all-encompassing omnibus bills. No bills over a reasonable length. I think they really need to read them OUT LOUD in committee & vote on them sentence by sentence, or at least paragraph by paragraph. Then move them to the floor for additional reading OUT LOUD.
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