Photo by Lauren Parnell Marino.

While many D.C. activists fear what happens when Donald Trump takes office, Republican members of Congress aren’t waiting until he’s sworn in to screw around with democratically passed District laws.

Since yesterday, GOP legislators moved to permanently prevent D.C. from using its own locally raised funds on abortions and to gut gun safety laws.

Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) reintroduced a law that would ban federal funding for abortion, and defines D.C. as part of the federal government as far as abortions go.

Just a quick reminder: D.C., and the federal government more generally, already cannot use any of its funds for abortion, thanks to budget riders added to appropriations bills for decades. Smith’s bill would simply make those annual riders unnecessary.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is optimistic about the District’s chances in fighting the legislation, which Smith has introduced twice before. “We should find many allies to defeat this anti-choice, anti-home-rule bill because it intrudes into the reproductive rights of women in every jurisdiction,” she said in a statement.

And in the upper chamber, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced a law to “restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.” Among other things, the bill would neuter the D.C. Council when it came to enacting gun control measures and get rid of D.C.’s firearm registration system.

Norton called Rubio a hypocrite, pointing to the signs in the Capitol Complex that explain that, by federal law, it’s illegal to carry guns in the area. ““Senator Rubio is protected by the gun ban in the Capitol Complex, yet he believes gun safety laws should not be available to D.C. residents and visitors to the nation’s capital,” she said.

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, the new chair of the Judiciary Committee, responded by calling Rubio’s idea irresponsible.

“Flooding our streets with guns won’t make our community any safer. It does the exact opposite,” Allen said in a statement. “If Congress is so interested in our local D.C. laws, perhaps we need to find some more seats at our next legislative meeting. Our gun laws have been narrowly tailored to withstand Constitutional scrutiny and protect District residents.”

But it’s not just guns and abortions, common targets of GOP ire.

Six days ago, Republicans in the House and Senate moved to block D.C. from implementing the Death With Dignity bill through disapproval resolutions.

When D.C. Council passes a law and the mayor signs it, that doesn’t mean it necessarily will be implemented. If the House and Senate pass a disapproval resolution and the president signs it, all within 30 legislative days, then the law cannot take effect. This has only happened three times so far since the process was established in the Home Rule Act of 1973.

Much more commonly, though, lawmakers insert riders that dictate D.C. policy in must-pass legislation. To add insult to injury, Norton, D.C.’s only elected representative with an office on the Hill, cannot vote on these amendments.

As usual, Norton said she plans on fighting these measures—both Smith and Rubio tried to get the same bills passed last legislative term without success.