Manchin Votes to Overturn Dangerous DC Crime Law
March 09, 2023
March 09, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023:
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his vote to overturn the DC City Council's recently passed law, the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. The law would have made several dangerous changes to DC's criminal code, including reducing the maximum sentence for armed burglary from 60 years to 8 years, reducing the mandatory . . .
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his vote to overturn the DC City Council's recently passed law, the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. The law would have made several dangerous changes to DC's criminal code, including reducing the maximum sentence for armed burglary from 60 years to 8 years, reducing the mandatory . . .