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The House of Representatives approved a spending bill last night that includes several riders targeted at D.C., including one Republicans say blocks the District from implementing a marijuana legalization initiative.

A two-day resolution will give the Senate time to consider the bill, with a vote coming as early as today. Advocates for D.C. statehood and legal marijuana gathered at Sen. Harry Reid’s office earlier this week to urge the Majority Leader to strip the riders from the spending bill. A policy advisor to Reid, however, indicated that it is unlikely that will happen.

D.C., at least, has a friend in New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who was born in the city and called for the riders to be removed.

“The very idea of taxation without representation and the self-determination of peoples is at the core of our democratic ideals as a nation. Yet despite this, Washington, D.C. — with a population larger than two of our states — sees the constant undermining of this very principle,” Booker said on the Senate floor yesterday. “I believe it is an offense to Americans of all states and Americans in the District of Columbia and all those who believe in our cherished ideals that this is done.”

While House Republicans, including Andy Harris, insist that the rider language prohibits D.C. from implementing Initiative 71, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said it does not apply to enacted laws. D.C. Office of the Attorney General has yet to comment.