GOP Effort to Block DC Tax Law Advances in Congress: BGOV Tax

Effort to Nullify DC Tax Law Advances

Congressional Republicans’ effort to invalidate a local Washington, DC, tax law has moved forward on multiple fronts.

The House in a 215 - 210 vote Wednesday passed a measure (H.J. Res 142) to disapprove of a DC law that severs the district’s tax code from portions of congressional Republicans’ 2025 tax-and-spending law, including new tax breaks for tips and overtime. A Senate committee hours earlier approved a similar resolution.

Both actions send the the issue to the Senate floor for possible consideration, only requiring a simple-majority vote. The Senate could vote as ...