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12. Every law in DC has the possibility of Congressional overruling; but that's quite different from

Reply to Recursion (Reply #11)

Sun May 31, 2015, 02:44 PM

May 2015

Congress writing all of DC's laws. If it wasn't, we'd be saying that Congress recently decriminalized Marijuana in D.C. (rather than not overturning the decriminalization passed by the city council). It should also be pointed out that congressional interference mostly comes from control over the budget (see marijuana legalization).

As I mentioned, DC's primary date is set by the Council, not Congress. There was a recent change that happened after a lot of debate, but Congress wasn't involved at all, and there was never concern about Congress interfering with the date (anymore than DC politicians worry about Congress interfering with the school budgets).

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My vote probably doesn't matter in the primary [View all] Recursion May 2015 OP

really now? VanillaRhapsody May 2015 #1

My lean right now is towards O'Malley Recursion May 2015 #2

unfortunately HE is to the Right of Barack Obama... VanillaRhapsody May 2015 #6

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Fair point (nt) Recursion May 2015 #4

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That would be interesting (nt) Recursion May 2015 #8

it gives data to the winner alc May 2015 #9

Congress doesn't decide the primary date for D.C. They have veto power over all D.C. laws and Chathamization May 2015 #10

It passed under the threat of a Congressional overruling Recursion May 2015 #11

Every law in DC has the possibility of Congressional overruling; but that's quite different from Chathamization May 2015 #12

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