The Senator from New Jersey suggested that it is only the D.C. city Council that has the power to do this. That is objectively false. DC is a city unlike any city in America because dc, The Constitution explicitly gives the authority to govern DC to the Congress of the United States. That is written into the Constitution. My friend from New Jersey said he would object if this were done in Newark, New Jersey. (11:22–11:31)
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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to govern Washington, D.C.
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