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ARTICLE VIEW:
House passes DC crime bills focused on juvenile crime as part of bid to
bolster Trump’s federal crackdown
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Ellis Kim, CNN
Updated:
6:28 PM EDT, Wed September 17, 2025
Source: CNN
The House has passed two bills that Republicans say would combat crime
in Washington, DC, but that also limit the city’s self-governance as
the GOP seeks to bolster President Donald Trump’s .
The bills passed on Tuesday are being considered by Republicans in the
wake of Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington. The
legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration.
Declaring crime in DC an emergency, Trump last month placed the
city’s police department under federal control and deployed the
National Guard. While the president allowed his last week, he has
called for Republicans to advance “.”
One of the House-approved measures – dubbed and introduced by Florida
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds – would limit the city’s ability to enact
changes to its criminal sentencing laws.
It would also lower DC’s age for youth offenders and requires the DC
attorney general to publish juvenile crime statistics on a public
website.
The bill passed by a vote of 240 to 179 with 31 Democrats crossing
party lines to vote in support and only one Republican voting against
it.
was passed by the House that would lower the age that juveniles can be
tried as adults for certain violent offenses to 14 years of age. It
passed by a vote of 225 to 203 with eight Democrats crossing party
lines to vote in favor and one Republican voting against it.
Backers of the legislative push argue it would combat crime and empower
local law enforcement, while its critics – in many cases, city
residents and congressional Democrats – have argued the provisions
represent unwarranted federal overreach.
On Wednesday, House Republicans voted to pass two more DC-related
bills.
bill would eliminate the city’s judicial nomination commission and
allow the president of the United States to make judicial nominations
to DC court. It passed 218 to 211 on a party-line vote.
would allow DC police to pursue a suspect fleeing in a vehicle unless
the officer or their supervisor believes the chase would be of
“unacceptable risk of harm” to others, “futile,” or if the
suspect could be apprehended another way. It passed 245 to 182 with 29
Democrats joining Republicans in voting in support.
This story has been updated with information on additional DC crime
bill votes.
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