On March 2, President Joe Biden told Democratic senators that he won't veto Republican legislation to rescind a Washington, DC, crime law, West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters.
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On March 2, President Joe Biden told Democratic senators that he won't veto Republican legislation to rescind a Washington, DC, crime law, West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters.
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Biden tells Democratic senators he won't veto effort to rescind DC crime law

President Joe Biden surprised Democratic senators Thursday when he told them that he won't veto GOP-led legislation to rescind a controversial Washington, DC, crime law, a move that comes Democrats are divided over the contentious issue and Republicans are aggressively accusing them of being soft on crime.