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Biden Will Not Be Bullied Into Wasting Political Capital

He intends to win the next election, which is why he's blocking DC's criminal code reforms

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Josh Barro
Mar 03, 2023
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Dear readers,

The president has dismayed some liberals by announcing that he’ll sign a Republican-backed resolution to block the comprehensive revisions to the District of Columbia criminal code that were approved by DC’s council, which did so by overriding Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto. And there’s been particular annoyance about Biden claiming to support …

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