The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

He added, “I think that we should govern District of Columbia.” Under terms of the city’s Home Rule authority, Congress already vets all D.C. laws and can outright overturn them. Some congressional ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to keep the Trump administration at bay while refusing to budge on one issue: home rule and statehood for Washington, D.C. Since President Donald ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

The District of Columbia could face a $1 billion budget shortfall after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution ...

(The Center Square) – Legislation has been introduced in Congress to repeal the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. have introduced ...

The bill "to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act" was introduced by Tennessee Republican Rep. Andrew Ogles and has six Republican cosponsors: two members from Florida and one member from ...

but they do not create laws for the District of Columbia outright. In early February, Rep. Andy Ogles and Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill to repeal home rule and place the District back under the ...

[AP Photo/Alex Brandon] In an interview aboard Air Force One on February 19, President Donald Trump expressed his support for a bill that would repeal “home rule” in the District of Columbia ...