House Republicans are gearing up to consider more than a dozen bills that would further limit Washington, DC’s self-governance, impose tougher punishments and roll back criminal justice reforms in the wake of President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown.

The House Oversight Committee will take up the bills Wednesday in a move aimed at bolstering the president’s push, which has drawn the ire of many city residents and Democrats who argue it’s unwarranted federal overreach. Republicans argue the legislation would combat crime and empower local law enforcement.

Declaring crime “out of control” in DC last month, Trump placed the city’s police department under federal control and deployed the National Guard . Though the president’s takeover of the DC police department technically e

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