The D.C. bill Republicans are trying to block would require body camera footage of police shootings to be made public within five days, create a public database of sustained police misconduct cases, and more.

Congressional Republicans have ramped up their oversight of and interference in D.C.’s local affairs, and the scheduled House committee hearing is one more example of it.

The two resolutions, targeting a bill that lets non-citizens vote in local elections and another revising the city’s criminal code, next head to the Senate for consideration.

Republicans lambasted the D.C. Council as “radical” for passing a bill that allows non-citizens to vote and another that overhaul’s the city’s criminal code.

“They don’t like who we are, they don’t like what we believe, and they don’t like how we vote,” says one D.C. statehood activist who foresees a difficult two years if Republicans take back the U.S. House.

D.C. has already delayed enforcement of the vaccine mandate until January, but the Republican senators say it is “racist” and “highly politicized” and should be repealed altogether.

“I have not seen a threat like this since I became a member of Congress,” says D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

The House has already removed what was long known as the Harris Rider from the federal budget, and the Senate’s move puts D.C. closer to being able to legalize marijuana sales.

It’s the first time either congressional chamber has passed a bill giving the city control over its own National Guard, according to a press release from D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.

D.C. now requires child care workers to get college degrees or specific certificates, but a Republican senator from Utah and House member from South Carolina say that’s too onerous.