Photo by Kevin Wolf.

“Don’t tread on us!” Tea Partiers say. But treading on D.C., well, that’s an entirely different matter …

The appropriations bill that repeals D.C. budget autonomy went through markup today, and the provision remains, as do restrictions on abortion, marijuana legalization, and needle exchanges in the District.

Some Democratic legislators tried to get rid of the riders, to no avail. Congressman Jose Serrano (D-NY) introduced an amendment to remove the repeal of budget autonomy and make the District’s ability to control its local funds a federal law, but his effort failed on voice vote.

Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) offered an amendment that would add the word “federal” to the clause “No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion.” This would allow D.C. to use local funds to provide abortion services for low-income women.

“Regardless of how you may feel about abortion, those of us on Capitol Hill shouldn’t be allowed to deny a woman’s access to it or coverage for it just because of where she lives, works, or is insured,” Quigley said in a release. “Every other state in the U.S. has the right to use its local funds as it sees fit—and so should the District of Columbia.”

The measure failed by a vote of 20-28. According to Emily Hampsten, Quigley’s spokesperson, Democrats have been offering this amendment since 1996. It passed through committee once, in 2010, when Dems last controlled the House.

When Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke out against D.C. budget autonomy in late May, he listed only one concrete reason: “The D.C. government wants to use revenues to fund abortions in the District. House Republicans will not stand for that.”

Another piece of legislation repealing D.C. budget autonomy, the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act, has already passed the House, though President Barack Obama has issued a veto threat.