The relationship between Congress and the local government in the District of Columbia is long and complicated. It goes back to the Constitution. The founders created the district specifically as the home of the new federal government. The idea was to create a new seat of government that was not in any state and not beholden to any state and not subject to the control of any state.

The House tries to save DC Democrats from themselves

Byron York is chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, and host of The Byron York Show podcast. He has covered the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations, as well as Congress and each presidential campaign since 2000. He is the author of two books -- The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, an account of liberal activism in the 2004 election, and Obsession, an account of Democratic efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office. Formerly White House correspondent for National Review, his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, and the New Republic. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DC<br /><br />Subscribe to the newsletter here: <a href="https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/" rel="noopener">https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/</a>

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Byron York is chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, and host of The Byron York Show podcast. He has covered the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations, as well as Congress and each presidential campaign since 2000. He is the author of two books -- The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, an account of liberal activism in the 2004 election, and Obsession, an account of Democratic efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office. Formerly White House correspondent for National Review, his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, and the New Republic. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DCSubscribe to the newsletter here: https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/

Byron York is chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, and host of The Byron York Show podcast. He has covered the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations, as well as Congress and each presidential campaign since 2000. He is the author of two books -- The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, an account of liberal activism in the 2004 election, and Obsession, an account of Democratic efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office. Formerly White House correspondent for National Review, his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, and the New Republic. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DC<br><br>Subscribe to the newsletter here: <a href="https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/</a>

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