The chairman of the D.C. City Council has written to Vice President seeking to pull back legislation to change the city's criminal code that was about to get a rebuke from the U.S. Senate.The sudden move came as more and more Democrats were following President 's lead, after he signaled he would sign a Republican bill to block the measure – even as his administration about protecting home rule in the city. But there were indications that the last-ditch effort was likely to be fruitless, and may have been designed as an opportunity to try to shift the optics of the situation – with the vote going ahead anyway.
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