Speaker Johnson gives new hope in House for DC budget fix

Caught in congressional chaos: D.C.’s $1 billion local budget hike

WASHINGTON—Caught in the congressional chaos over what and how much to put in its mammoth “reconciliation” bill, a billion-dollar mistake is languishing in the Republican-run House: The new D.C. budget. Republicans on Capitol Hill are holding up the money paid by D.C.’s taxpayers to fund their own needs. The problem has existed since at least March 29, when lawmakers passed a temporary money bill freezing  government-wide spending at last year’s…

Speaker Johnson gives new hope in House for DC budget fix

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to call for a vote on a bill to fix a glitch that has created a potential $1 billion hole in the D.C. budget, though the timing is still uncertain. Johnson told reporters Monday night that he has spoken with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and told her he would try to “do it as quickly as possible.” He said the delay on scheduling a vote was related to all the work that House Republicans are currently conducting…

Mike Johnson promises to fix DC budget gap ‘quickly’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed the lower chamber would vote on a bill “soon” to address a roughly $1 billion funding gap in the District of Columbia’s local budget. The issue has been stalled in the House for nearly…

Speaker says House will vote ‘as quickly as possible’ on District of Columbia budget fix

Speaker Johnson says House will pass 'big, beautiful bill' by Memorial Day

By the end of this week, eight of 11 House committees will have finished their work on the bill.

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