Updated September 25, 2025

DC residents know what’s best for our communities. But Republicans in Congress are trying to undo our laws and take away our power.

Since August, Republicans in Congress have advanced 16 bills and more that 20 budget riders that attempt to undo DC laws and take away DC’s local governing power. On their own, each of these bills would be bad for DC. But as armed soldiers are in our streets and masked agents round up and disappear people here, considering these bills one-by-one would miss critical context.

These bills are a unified attack against DC — and they deserve unified opposition. We want every single Democrat in the House and Senate to oppose each and every one of these bills.

There’s good news too. Six additional bills are currently moving through Congress that would expand DC’s local power. Use the tools below to contact your members of Congress about all of them.

Action for DC residents

DC residents have no voting representatives in Congress — so we’re going to talk to all of them. DC residents, use the tools below to contact priority members of Congress.

Action for allies outside DC

Allies across the country who have members of Congress, we need your help! Use the tools below to contact your Senators and Representative.

About the bills

The bills to oppose

1. Oppose H.R. 4922 which would restrict DC’s power over criminal sentencing laws, particularly around youth sentencing.

2. Oppose H.R. 5140 which would lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses to 14 years of age.

3. Oppose H.R. 5125/S. 2854 which would abolish the DC Judicial Nomination Commission and grant the president sole authority to nominate DC judges.

4. Oppose H.R. 5143 which would enable dangerous high speed vehicular pursuits by law enforcement in DC.

5. Oppose H.R. 5242/S. 2815 which would repeal DC’s Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016 and DC’s Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022.

6. Oppose H.R. 2056/S. 1522 which would undo DC’s Sanctuary Values Amendment Act.

7. Oppose H.R. 884/S. 2636 which would disenfranchise DC residents from voting in local elections.

8. Oppose H.R. 2096 which would force DC's Metropolitan Police Department to rehire officers who commit serious crimes.

9. Oppose H.R. 5103 which would establish a federal commission to oversee DC immigration and criminal enforcement.

10. Oppose H.R. 5107 which would repeal DC’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.

11. Oppose H.R. 5163 which would make it illegal to camp on public property in DC, essentially criminalizing homelessness.

12. Oppose H.R. 5172 which would increase or establish mandatory minimum sentences for a number of offenses.

13. Oppose H.R. 5179 which would remove DC’s elected Attorney General and grant the president sole authority to nominate a replacement.

14. Oppose H.R. 5181 which would reduce funding to DC public schools in order to expand a federal voucher program.

15. Oppose H.R. 5183 which would upend DC’s local legislative process by requiring a 60-day Congressional review period for all legislation and allow a line-item veto, among other changes.

16. Oppose H.R. 5214 which would increase pre-trial detention and require cash bail for a range of alleged offenses.

The budget riders to oppose

1. Section 809 which would prohibit DC from spending local funds on abortion services for low-income people.

2. Section 818 which would prohibit DC from using local funds to carry out its Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014.

3. Section 819 which would repeal DC’s Death with Dignity Act.

4. Section 820 which would require DC to submit a report on its enforcement of the Partial Birth Abortion Act.

5. Section 821 which would prohibit DC from spending our own locally raised funds on updated vehicle emissions standards.

6. Section 822 which would prohibit DC from using local funds to enact our no-right-on-red law.

7. Section 823 which would prohibit DC from using local funds to carry out automated traffic enforcement.

8. Section 826 which would force DC to allow concealed weapons from other states.

9. Section 827 which would undo DC’s Policing and Justice Reform law.

10. Section 828 which would repeal parts of the Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018.

11. Section 831 which would prohibit the use of funds to implement the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024, which relates to reproductive health care and gender-affirming care.

12. Section 832 which would prohibit funds for implementing or enforcing the Consumer Protection Act against oil and gas companies for environmental claims.

13. Section 833 which would provide $20 million for the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a 50% decrease from the current funding level.

14. Section 825 which would prohibit non-citizen voting in DC.

15. Section 832 which would repeal the provision of DC’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation law, or Anti-SLAPP law, that exempts from that law any claim brought by the D.C. government.

16. Section 829 which would prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate.

17. Section 830 which would prohibit the use of funds to commercialize recreational marijuana.

18. Amendment from Rep. Joyce at p 67 which would change DC’s SOAR Act formula on funding to public, private and charter schools in the District.

19. Amendment from Rep. Joyce at p 141 which would prohibit the use of DC funds for DC to enter into sister activities between DC and any city within China.

20. Amendment from Rep. Joyce at p 203 which would prohibit the use of DC funds to carry out parts of its Human Rights Sanctuary Amendment Act.

The bills to support

1. H.R. 5093/S. 2688, the “District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act,” introduced by Del. Norton and Sen. Van Hollen, would give DC power over our own National Guard.

2. H.R. 5092/S. 2689, the “District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act,” introduced by Del. Norton and Sen. Van Hollen, would restrict the president’s authority to assume control of MPD.

3. H.R. 5070, introduced by Rep. Beyer, would require federal law enforcement officers in DC to wear body cameras.

4. H.R. 5051, introduced by Del. Norton, would require members of the armed forces performing active service in DC “in response to an order of the president related to crime or civil disturbance” to participate in a program substantially similar to the Body-Worn Camera Program of MPD.

5. H.R. 2693, the “District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act,” introduced by Del. Norton, would allow DC Council to transmit legislation to Congress electronically. Right now Council has to hand deliver it.

6. H.R. 51/S. 51, the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act," for the establishment of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and its admission into the United States.