Senate unanimously approves fix to prevent $1B cuts for District of Columbia, sending bill to House

DC mayor urges Congress to pass Local Funds Act to prevent $1B budget cut

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and local leaders are urging Congress to act quickly to prevent drastic budget cuts that could cripple the city’s services.

Safety advocates push for DC budget to be restored as lawmakers consider reversing cuts

Safety advocates pushed for D.C.'s budget to be restored as lawmakers consider reversing cuts.

The House must correct its insulting cuts to D.C’s budget

Republicans say they want less crime and homelessness in D.C. Cutting the city’s budget won’t help.

Senate passes separate bill to avert $1.1 billion cut to D.C. budget

In a dramatic turn of events, the U.S. Senate at 6:30 p.m. on Friday passed a free-standing bill proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that calls for amending the Republican-backed budget reconciliation measure to add language eliminating the measure’s call for a $1.1 billion cut in the D.C. budget. Schumer’s announcement on the Senate floor that his bill had bipartisan support prompted eight other Democratic senators and one…

Senate unanimously approves fix to prevent $1B cuts for District of Columbia, sending bill to House

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

DC Council member offers crash course on $1B DC budget cut narrowly averted by Congress

Citing confusion over the proposed $1 billion impact to D.C.’s budget, D.C. At-Large Council member Christina Henderson offered a tutorial on her X account on Thursday. “Budgets can be complicated,” she wrote. “So to combat confusion, I’d like to introduce ‘The District Budget 101, pt1.'” Henderson’s social media post got over 24,000 views, and she told WTOP, “I didn’t know it would go as viral as it did.” She said she was eager to help people u…