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Senate passes Trump-endorsed fix to avert DC budget cuts

  • The Senate unanimously passed a bill that fixes language in the government funding legislation to authorize the District of Columbia to continue spending its local funds this fiscal year.
  • Mayor Muriel Bowser stated that the Senate approval is a major step towards ensuring critical services in D.C. Are not cut mid-year.
  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer emphasized that the legislation will support law enforcement, firefighters, teachers, and basic city services for D.C. Residents.
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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…

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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…

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Senate passes bill that seeks to keep D.C. government's use of local tax dollars intact

The government funding bill that's headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax dollars. The Senate-passed measure aims to fix that.

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Senate passes DC budget fix after House GOP omission

The top Senate GOP appropriator said President Donald Trump endorsed the bill, without which District of Columbia officials say the city budget will be short more than $1 billion.

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Senate passes DC funding fix to prevent $1 billion in cuts, shifting fight to House - Washington Examiner

The Senate on Friday passed a bipartisan fix to prevent an immediate $1.1 billion cut to the Washington, D.C.’s budget, sending the measure to the House to prevent an imminent slashing of programs. Washington’s financial fate was thrust into the center of the political debate after Republicans in the House did not include a standard Washington provision in the short-term funding bill, forcing the city to adhere to the same freeze to its local bu…

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Senate passes Trump-endorsed fix to avert DC budget cuts

Senators passed legislation Friday to prevent cuts to D.C.'s local budget after city officials warned they faced a $1 billion hit under a stopgap government funding bill the Senate passed just prior.

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