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The city council of Washington, DC, is moving to withdraw a bill revising the local criminal code, which faced opposition from Republican lawmakers.

The chair of the DC council, Democrat Phil Mendelson, said in a letter to Vice-President Kamala Harris that he was withdrawing the bill from congressional consideration.