As we insist on #DCStatehood, today we remember Christmas Eve, 44 years ago, when the Home Rule Act was signed into law. Going on the House floor in remembrance is one way to commemorate this special anniversary, which I did last week: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4701662/norton-commemorates-44th-anniversary-dc-home-rule-act …
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@RepAndyHarrisMD attached a rider to the House-passed fiscal year 2018 DC appropriations bill to repeal DC’s Death with Dignity Act.#HandsOffDC (7/14)Show this thread -
The House-passed FY 18 DC Appropriations bill repealed DC’s budget autonomy referendum, which remains laws today.
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@USRepGaryPalmer attached a rider to the House-passed-FY 18 DC appropriations bill to block a DC anti-discrimination law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees, their spouses and dependents based on their reproductive health decisions.#HandsOffDC (9/14)Show this thread -
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@RepAndyHarrisMD offered and then withdrew a rider at the markup of the FY 18 DC appropriations bill to block a DC law on the labeling of wet wipes as safe to flush.#HandsOffDC (10/14)Show this thread -
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@SteveKingIA introduced an anti-labor bill that uniquely targeted DC union workers.#HandsOffDC (11/14)Show this thread -
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@RepChrisSmith and@SenatorWicker introduced bills to permanently prohibit DC. from spending local funds on abortion services for low-income women, prohibit DC government employees from providing abortions, and prohibit abortions in DC government facilities.#HandsOffDC (12/14)Show this thread -
Congress currently blocks DC from spending its own local funds on abortion services for low-income women.
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Congress currently blocks DC from spending its own local funds on marijuana commercialization, a rider originally introduced by
@RepAndyHarrisMD, but we saved legalization, and DC residents can lawfully possess and grow small amounts of marijuana.#HandsOffDC (14/14)Show this thread
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