Republicans in the new Congress are heading for their first big victory. President Biden said Thursday that he won’t veto a resolution to overturn a District of Columbia law that eases sentences on carjackings, burglaries and other felonies if it passes the Senate.
The House passed the resolution last month, 250-173, with 31 Democrats joining the GOP majority. Senate Democrats have been debating how to handle the resolution, and blocking it became harder when West Virginia’s Joe Manchin said he’d vote for it. We were wrong last month when we suggested the resolution would need to overcome a 60-vote filibuster. As a privileged resolution, it needs only a simple majority.
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