{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-says-disapproval-resolution-dc-policing-reform-would-have-no-legal", "Norton Says Disapproval Resolution on D.C. Policing Reform Would Have No Legal Effect", "2023-05-16", "2023", "2023-05", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the disapproval resolution the Senate passed today on D.C.\u2019s policing reform law would have no legal effect, even if enacted.\n\n\u201cI am disappointed at today\u2019s Senate passage of a disapproval resolution aimed at D.C.\u2019s democratically-passed policing reform law, but there are two reasons to expect that this action will have no effect,\u201d Norton said. \u201cFirst, I worked to get President Biden\u2019s commitment to veto the resolution should it reach his desk, which his administration agreed to in an April Statement of Administration Policy.\n\n\u201cSecond, because the congressional review period outlined in the Home Rule Act expired before today\u2019s Senate vote, the disapproval resolution would have no legal effect. Today D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb released an opinion concluding the same.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "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-says-disapproval-resolution-dc-policing-reform-would-have-no-legal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8734036237001419, "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"}