Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is waiting until Congress resolves the fiscal 2025 funding gap for the district before she reveals her budget proposal for fiscal year 2026.

In the continuing resolution passed earlier this month to avert a government shutdown, roughly $1 billion in local funds for D.C. were cut for the remainder of fiscal year 2025. D.C. officials have maintained that the cut funds would not save the federal government any money, but would harm the city’s ability to fund essential services.