I live in DC. We have voted overwhelmingly to fund needle exchanges and have one of the highest rates of HIV in the country. The republican congress intervened

I live in DC. We have voted overwhelmingly to fund needle exchanges and have one of the highest rates of HIV in the country. The republican congress intervened into our local budget to prohibit us from allocating any of our local tax dollars to needle exchanges. Apparently they ended this funding ban at some point, but I'm having trouble finding articles on when exactly this was - it seems like it is repeatedly lifted and then reinstituted https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/154047-holmes-norton-says-congress-has-killed-dc-residents-with-needle-exchange-policy https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/154047-holmes-n... e: oh come on! why am i being downvoted?