Schumer to work with GOP on protecting DC budget in funding bill

Published March 14, 2025 1:00pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he would support advancing the House-passed continuing resolution, but he also wants Washington, D.C.’s, local budget restored if cuts are made in the GOP stopgap.

The stopgap spending bill passed in the House earlier this week would cut the local D.C. government’s 2025 budget by 16%. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials have denounced the cuts and called on Congress to reconsider them.

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