{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-condemns-house-passage-disapproval-resolution-vows-fight-passage-senate", "Norton Condemns House Passage of Disapproval Resolution, Vows to Fight Passage in the Senate", "2026-02-04", "2026", "2026-02", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 After House passage of a disapproval resolution repealing a local D.C. law that recently restored D.C.\u2019s child tax credit, increased an existing earned income tax credit, and decoupled D.C.'s tax code from certain provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called the measure paternalistic, democracy-denying, deliberate administrative and fiscal sabotage of the nation\u2019s capital.\n\nThe resolution was introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX). The decoupling provisions of the D.C. law are projected to generate approximately $600 million in local revenue over the next four years and decrease child poverty by 20%.\n\nIf passed by the House, Senate, and signed into law by the president, the resolution would repeal a local D.C. law that recently restored D.C.\u2019s child tax credit, increased an existing earned income tax credit, and decoupled D.C.'s tax code from certain provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The D.C. law\u2019s decoupling provisions are projected to generate approximately $600 million in local revenue over the next four years.\n\n\u201cThis resolution is nothing short of unprecedented and deliberate administrative and fiscal sabotage of D.C.,\u201d Norton said. \u201cD.C. is hardly an outlier in decoupling parts of its local tax code from the federal one. Congress has never overturned a revenue-raising law for D.C., and doing so now threatens D.C.\u2019s credit rating and will inject chaos in the middle of tax filing season. The District\u2019s Chief Financial Officer said it will force the District to halt filings while scrambling to rewrite forms and guidance. This is not governance or oversight, it is sabotage, and the damage will be severe and intentional.\n\n\u201cMore than 700,000 residents of Washington, D.C., the majority of whom are Black and Brown, are worthy and capable of governing themselves. If D.C. residents disagree with the decisions of their elected council, D.C. residents can vote them out. That's how democracy works. Members of Congress from distant states, who don\u2019t live or pay taxes in D.C., are not accountable to D.C. voters \u2013 and who often don\u2019t even understand how D.C. functions \u2013 have no business overriding local laws and stripping District residents of their right to self-government.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ll continue fighting to stop this resolution\u2019s passage by the Senate.\u201d\n\nThe Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee marked up and passed the Senate version of the bill today. The full Senate could vote on it as early as this week. There have been more attacks on D.C. home rule this Congress than any time since the 1990s.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T17:26:08Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-condemns-house-passage-disapproval-resolution-vows-fight-passage-senate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2162537313997746, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}