Entire D.C. government urges GOP to reverse course on ‘devastating’ $1B cuts

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and almost every D.C. lawmaker stood on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Monday and implored House Republicans to reverse course on the $1.1 billion in cuts to D.C. services they said the GOP’s spending bill would cause to its $21 billion local budget if the measure passed — a rare show of solidarity across all corners of District government that underscored the depth of city officials’ fears.

The GOP’s stopgap funding bill, called a continuing resolution, would treat D.C. as a federal agency and force the city to revert to fiscal 2024 spending levels for the next six months, amounting to the effective cancellation of the city’s active 2025 budget.