Councilmember Brianne K Nadeau spoke with WTOP this week about the Mayor's executive order. All District leaders should stand strong against the brazen spread of authoritarian rule.
I joined Free DC and my Council colleagues to demand an end to the federal occupation of the District and to deliver a message to Republicans in Congress: you take care of your business, and we'll take care of ours.
Thank you Mt Pleasant neighbors for giving me the chance to speak and a huge thanks to everyone who has been showing up night after night to stand up for our District.
With her latest executive order, the Mayor of our city has again signaled her plan to collaborate indefinitely with federal law enforcement, to capitulate in advance. This in the face of the Administration’s egregious takeover of a city of 700,000 residents, who have made clear their disdain for federal occupation.
Today’s announcement that the fed government will make use of Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard in DC should concern not only the city’s 700,000 residents, but all Americans. Today our federal government seeks to interfere in DC’s local affairs, but any city could be next.
The more the deal is analyzed, the clearer it is that in a very rushed process, with artificial deadlines, the city has negotiated a deal that will pay well for the team, but not for the District or its residents.
At Monday's Council vote on the First Reading of the FY 2026 budget, we restored funds to critical programs, approved funding for ranked choice voting, and postponed action on the ill-conceived repeal of I-82, the tipped minimum wage.
I have opposed, from the start, the use of taxpayer dollars to support a stadium for a private organization, owned by billionaires, that will make them billions of dollars. The more the deal is analyzed, the more resolved I am in my position.
At Monday's Council vote on the First Reading of the FY 2026 budget, we restored funds to critical programs, approved funding for ranked choice voting, and postponed action on the ill-conceived repeal of I-82, the tipped minimum wage.
Big news from Monday’s Council vote on the First Reading of the FY 2026 budget, including restoring funds to critical programs, approving funding for ranked choice voting, and postponing action on the ill-conceived repeal of I-82, the tipped minimum wage.
