Joe Biden let House Democrats walk the plank ... for nothing

Returning to his roots as a tough-on-crime Democrat, Joe Biden announced that he would sign an incoming Senate bill to overturn the D.C. Council’s radical overhaul of its criminal code. Although the president couched his promise with the fib that he supports home rule for the nation’s capital, he still earned plaudits across the aisle for refusing to let the D.C. Council — which overrode the Democratic mayor’s veto — reduce sentences for violent crimes amid a violent crime explosion.