Raphael Warnock Votes ‘Present’ on Measure to Overturn D.C.’s Soft-on-Crime Bill

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) refrained from taking a position Wednesday on a resolution to block D.C.’s controversial criminal code rewrite, instead voting “present” on the measure while 31 of his Democrat colleagues joined Republicans in voting in favor of it. The resolution passed the Senate with remarkable bipartisan support, 81 to 14, after President Joe Biden revealed last week that, despite disapproving of the bill, he would not veto it if it came to his desk. The update to the criminal code was widely criticized by Republicans and some Democrats...