Janeese Lewis George

Co-introduced a budget amendment raising income taxes on District residents earning $250,000 or more, in her first year on the council. The council passed it 8-5. The roughly $100 million it raises pays for early childhood education, 2,400 housing vouchers and a monthly basic income for some families.

July 20, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for D.C.'s Secure DC crime law. It made strangulation and organized retail theft crimes and allowed DNA collection from charged defendants. It also added cameras and emergency phones at transit stops.

March 5, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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On the Secure DC crime bill, voted for the February 6, 2024 amendment that removed the bill's expansion of DNA collection at arrest; it passed 9-4. On March 5 she voted against a compromise allowing DNA collection before conviction in some cases, which passed 10-3, and voted for keeping police officers' names on the published schedule of disciplinary hearings, which passed 11-2.

March 5, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for D.C.'s Secure DC crime law. It made strangulation and organized retail theft crimes and allowed DNA collection from charged defendants. It also added cameras and emergency phones at transit stops.

March 5, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for the Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act, which expanded vending permits and zones, removed criminal penalties for vending violations, and established vendor amnesty and support measures.

April 4, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for a failed amendment to the fiscal 2024 budget bill that would have removed a 15-year exemption from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act for downtown housing projects receiving tax abatements. It failed 2-11.

June 13, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Reintroduced B25-191, the Green New Deal for Housing Amendment Act of 2023, which proposed an Office of Social Housing Developments to establish and support social-housing communities in the District.

March 6, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted against the emergency law that replaced the D.C. Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners with a nine-member Stabilization and Reform Board. It passed 9-4.

December 20, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for the Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act, which expanded vending permits and zones, removed criminal penalties for vending violations, and established vendor amnesty and support measures.

April 4, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for the Domestic Worker Employment Rights legislation, which required service contracts and extended District human-rights and workplace protections to domestic workers.

December 20, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-introduced a budget amendment raising income taxes on District residents earning $250,000 or more, in her first year on the council. The council passed it 8-5. The roughly $100 million it raises pays for early childhood education, 2,400 housing vouchers and a monthly basic income for some families.

July 20, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: washingtoncitypaper.com

Was endorsed for Mayor of Washington, D.C. by the Working Families Party, which announced a citywide organizing effort behind her campaign.

January 20, 2026

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Voted against a failed amendment that would have skipped the 2024 step-up in the tipped minimum wage and ended the tip credit on July 1, 2025, two years earlier than Initiative 82 set. It failed 3-10.

March 5, 2024

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Voted against an amendment to the restaurant revitalization bill that let restaurants add a service fee of up to 20% if disclosed on menus, websites and signs, and made a disclosed fee not a deceptive trade practice under D.C. consumer law. It passed 7-6.

March 5, 2024

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Was ordered by the District Office of Campaign Finance to pay a $16,000 fine with her campaign committee for violations involving campaign expenditures, contribution limits, and Fair Elections Program requirements.

June 12, 2026

Source: ocf.dc.gov