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.