The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would invalidate a controversial plan to overhaul the District of Columbia's criminal code. The resolution, which requires a simple majority to pass, is likely to clear the Democratic-led Senate, with President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer both expressing support for the measure. The resolution would reverse changes made by the D.C. Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, which reduced penalties for certain nonviolent offenses and increased the use of alternatives to incarceration.
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Councilman Russell Heller was tragically shot in the parking lot of the PSE&G energy company facility in Somerset County, New Jersey. The suspect, Gary T. Curtis, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the investigation revealed that the shooting was not politically connected. This is the second time in a week that a New Jersey council member was found shot to death in a car and the Franklin Township Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office are continuing to investigate the incident.