Norton Condemns Disapproval Resolution to Overturn Local D.C. Law Ahead of Rules Committee Consideration

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of today's Rules Committee consideration of a disapproval resolution, introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), that the House is expected to vote on this week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned the legislation, saying it was nothing short of administrative and fiscal sabotage of the District. The bill will be considered at the Rules Committee tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. Media and the general public will be able to view the live stream on rules.house.gov.

If 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.'s 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's decoupling provisions are projected to generate approximately $600 million in local revenue over the next four years.

"This resolution is nothing short of unprecedented and deliberate administrative and fiscal sabotage of D.C.," Norton said. "D.C. is hardly an outlier in decoupling parts of its local tax code from the federal one. Nearly half the states, red and blue alike, have decoupled their states' tax codes from portions of the federal tax code. Congress has never overturned a revenue-raising law for D.C. Doing so now would threaten D.C.'s credit rating, sow chaos in the middle of tax filing season, and will likely 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 would be severe and intentional.

"This resolution doesn't merely target the District's government or its adult taxpayers. It would wipe out D.C.'s child tax credit, a policy projected to cut child poverty by 20%. Republicans are fully aware and are proceeding anyway. They're willing to harm children in the nation's capital to score political points, and the public should understand that clearly.

"More 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't live or pay taxes in D.C. and are not accountable to D.C. voters - and who often don't even understand how D.C. functions - have no business overriding local laws and stripping District residents of their right to self-government. They need to keep their hands off D.C."

There have been more attacks on D.C. home rule this Congress than any time since the 1990s.

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