@ankitjaindc
U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia. Fighting for the rights of 700,000+ taxpaying Americans. Voting rights attorney with @fairvote.bsky.social. Formerly @sierraclub.org. Connect with my office at https://senatorjaindc.com/
When DC stands up and fights back, we win. DC's child tax credit and expanded EITC are the law, Washingtonians can file our taxes as normal, and Congress did not succeed in vetoing DC law. I will work hard to defend DC from any temper tantrums Republicans may throw in response
Congratulations to @robertwhitedc.bsky.social & @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social for unanimously passing these emergency bills! Now the Council should pass permanent versions of both bills. I will work hard to defend them from congressional veto
The bill would also require the release of body camera footage from MPD officers at the scene of federal use of force--another essential safeguard. Call your ward and At-Large councilmembers TODAY and tell them to vote Yes docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have no idea how MPD is working with federal immigration authorities because MPD is deliberately not collecting that data. The FAAR Act would require them to collect it. It is an essential bill to protect immigrants in DC from federal abuse. The Council should pass it today
I am sorry we will all have to live through it
The Iranian regime is evil and has buried the legitimate aspirations of its people. But if it collapses, what comes next? Likely years of grinding civil war that kills thousands more. President Trump has embarked on a breathtakingly stupid, destructive, and unconstitutional endeavor
I am left to wonder how many lives will be destroyed by President Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. How many soldiers will be killed? How many American families will be ripped apart? How many innocent Iranian civilians will be murdered? Already dozens, likely many more
Thank you to the DC Bar Communities & Ann Wilcox for hosting an informative panel with the DC Board of Elections & me on how ranked choice voting will work in DC. I said in the panel, and reiterate here, that DCBOE should release full round-by-round preliminary results ASAP to promote voter trust
It was a full house at the @hillcenterdc.bsky.social for a screening and panel discussion of The Last Battlefront movie examining DC’s fight for statehood and Home Rule. Thank you for organizing and having me on the panel @freedcproject.bsky.social and Women in Film & Video!
The law is clear--the laws the Council passed to decouple from Trump's Big Ugly Bill governs DC's 2025 tax filing season. The DC government must follow the rule of law and make no changes to 2025 tax filings
I was glad to join my fellow Ward 2 Democrats today as they elected a new leadership slate. Congratulations to our new President @hgarrett4dc.bsky.social and the rest of the new leadership team--I am excited to see where the Ward 2 Democrats are headed next!
These are treacherous times for DC so I don’t begrudge anybody for being strategic. But part of strategy is knowing what the odds are and not just assuming the worst. All the evidence is that any bill congressional Republicans could run in response would fail in the Senate
As I say in this article, I think the DC government should vindicate its rights here. Any bill Congress tries to pass in response to this would be subject to a Senate filibuster. Every Democrat voted against the disapproval resolution. We have the votes to maintain a filibuster
If you think a Republican party that has passed two laws in two years trying to steal $1.6 trillion from DC’s local budget and that works tirelessly to protect polluters would have prevented this spill from happening if they controlled the DMV, I have a bridge or two to sell you
I spent the early part of my career working with people impacted by Republican attacks on environmental protection. In Ohio, the Republican-controlled environmental regulator was so corrupt that they put out a document saying that oil drillers were there “allies”
Republicans have spent decades trying to defund and defang government agencies across the country protecting our natural resources. When you do that, you make it more likely that catastrophic environmental pollution happens
The DC government can 100% better use the resources it has and operate more efficiently and with a greater sense of urgency. I have said as much. But at the end of the day, you need money to fund environmental protection, and national Republicans keep on taking it away from us
The President put out this post maybe a day before he signs a bill attempting to steal $600 million in local tax dollars from DC that we could use to fund DC Water to prevent the next Potomac spill. Spare me the BS that Republicans are better at providing people clean water
In light of the upcoming vote preventing DC from controlling its own finances, I joined forces with Free DC to seek a meeting with the office of Senator Lisa Murkowski to convince her to vote NO.
The Senate is voting on vetoing DC’s attempts to decouple our local taxes from Trump’s Big “Beautiful” Bill THIS WEEK. We need your help to protect DC’s tax system and stop tax increases for working families in DC. Use this link to help join the fight: freedcproject.org/news/dcs-mon...?
Washington, DC was built on the backs of centuries of African Americans. Our fight for DC statehood continues the push for equality and representation for all - ensuring that we lift every voice in 'Dream City." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream lives on in all of us.
The House voted today to cause tax chaos in DC and raise taxes on working class Washingtonians. I am thankful Democrats stood firm and not a single Democrat voted for the disapproval resolution. The Senate is often where common sense prevails--they must reject this crazy bill
I was on the Hill most of the past two days advocating against Republican efforts to cause tax chaos in DC & raise taxes on working families. I’ll be back tomorrow. Our message is filtering in to Congress. We just need a few common-sense Republicans to vote No to tax chaos in DC
National Republicans are trying to repeal DC’s child tax credit and expanded earned income tax credit. Learn more about the repeal bill and join the fight to defeat it here: bit.ly/3Z5npUO
I want ICE out of DC for good and think DC should stop working with them and push them to leave
Thank you @eleanornorton.bsky.social for your service to DC!
ICE just murdered another American in broad daylight. Congress cannot fund without significant reforms an agency engaged in this level of lawlessness. But that shouldn't stop the rest of the federal budget from passing. The Senate should strip DHS funding out and pass everything else
Today we celebrate how far we have come thanks to the work of Dr. King, and recognize how far we still have to go. My office marched in the MLK Day Parade this morning to honor Dr. King's legacy, and we will continue fighting to make Chocolate City the 51st state in the nation
Make sure to join my office for the Annual MLK Holiday DC Peace Walk & Parade! Sign up below.
Washington DC is the only jurisdiction in the nation that has to wait with bated breath to see if out-of-state politicians have used the federal budget to impose their values on us and repeal local laws. It is wrong, and the only solution to this injustice is DC Statehood. I will keep pushing for it
