As Pot Becomes Legal in Washington, Congressional Republicans Warn City to Think Twice

Some Congressional Republicans lawmakers said Thursday that they would increase their efforts to prevent residents here from possessing small amounts of marijuana — which became legal in Washington at midnight — and warned that the city would face numerous investigations and hearings should the mayor continue her practice of telling them to please find something else to worry about.

“We say move forward at your own peril,” said Representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, echoing a letter he sent this week with Representative Mark Meadows,...