If passed, this measure would overturn a rewriting of Washington, DC's criminal code, which critics have argued is soft on violent criminals.
The measure is expected to come up for a vote by next week and only needs a simple majority to pass. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, has said he will vote with Republicans on it.
The question is whether Manchin will be alone in his vote. If he is, it would be the first time that Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman's absence had an effect on a vote in the Senate because then the measure would only need 50 votes to pass. Fetterman has stepped away from the Senate for the time being to seek treatment for depression.
The DC Council had defended the measure in a letter last week, writing that"the District of Columbia has the right to self-govern as granted to us under the Home Rule Act." Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty, the chief sponsor of the legislation to repeal the local law called it a"common sense" approach in a city where many violent crimes are up. Politically, he compared it to the"defund the police" issue and said for centrist Democrats,"I don't think that's going to be very popular in their states and this falls right in that lane.
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