D.C. Council chair says he’s withdrawing crime bill before it goes to U.S. Senate

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wrote to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning to withdraw the city’s criminal code revision legislation, before the Senate votes on a Republican-led disapproval resolution that could overturn the bill. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. “I don’t know if that’ll stop the Senate Republicans, but our position is the bill is not before Congress any longer,” Mendelson said at a news conference Monday. It was unclear on Monday morning...