Washington DC reparations bill back on the agenda
Washington DC Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has announced he has reintroduced legislation to create a local reparations task force. | TAG24
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Washington DC Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has announced he has reintroduced legislation to create a local reparations task force. | TAG24
February 6, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — That foreboding black fence erected around the United States (US) Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government’s ability to enact new laws. Washington, DC city officials said dozens of new local laws have been bottlenecked because of the lockdown of the Capitol building after the violent January 6 attack by supporters of former US President Donald Trump. Under terms of the District’s tortured relationship with the federal government, physical paper copies of all new laws must be hand-delivered separately to Se...
WASHINGTON (AP) — That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building...
That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government's ability to enact new laws.
Get our free newsletter Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… I already get the newsletter Every two years, a formal swearing-in is held for newly elected or re-elected D.C. Councilmembers. It is usually a big deal. And by law, it has to take place on Jan. 2. Normally it’s held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where an oversized hall overflows with officials, family, friends, campaign workers, big wig contributors, and ir...