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 Washington Post - 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.

Bowser — joined by members of her Cabinet, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) and almost the entire D.C. Council — warned that the city would have to find more than $1 billion in immediate, across-the-board cuts affecting every area of D.C. government, probably including teachers, law enforcement officers and other critical-front line workers.

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