AP sources: Biden not expected to stop override of DC laws

By COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden isn’t expected to veto Republican-sponsored resolutions that would block new District of Columbia laws that change how the nation’s capital votes and how the city prosecutes and punishes crime. That word comes from people familiar with the matter. City officials have spent nearly two decades trying to redo Washington’s criminal laws. The voting law revisions would make it easier for noncitizens to vote in local races. The resolutions passed the House with some Democratic support and appear poised to clear Senate on a bipartisan basis as well. By not vetoing the measures, Biden would allow Congress to nullify the city’s laws for the first time in more than three decades.