The House of Representatives has failed in its effort to override President Biden’s veto of legislation that would have blocked police accountability legislation passed by the City Council of Washington, D.C., in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Thirteen Democrats joined with House Republicans in voting to overrule the D.C. law, which expands access to police disciplinary records and body-camera footage, limits the use of tear gas and other chemical agents, and bans certain police tactics, including chokeholds. Washington, D.C.'s nonvoting delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, said in a statement, “The disapproval resolution is a profoundly undemocratic and paternalistic piece of legislation. Almost 700,000 people live in the nation's capital, and they are worthy and capable of governing their own local affairs.”