Because it is historically rare for #Congress to pass a disapproval resolution [because typically there isn’t a tyrant as POTUS who controls Congress]— only 5 have succeeded in DC’s half-century history of #HomeRule — there is no precedent for a situation in which the city legally objects to a disapproval resolution.
But the timing dispute has come up before. #Congress & the city have tended to count the 30 legislative review days differently, or 60 days in cases of criminal justice bills. In 2023, as the #Republican controlled #Senate teed up a final vote on a disapproval resolution to block DC’s major #PoliceReform package, Schwalb issued a legal opinion that stood by the city’s counting method under the #HomeRule Act, arguing the Senate vote would be too late for the disapproval to be valid.