Bowser outlines ‘significant’ service cuts coming to DC if Congress doesn’t restore 2025 budget

Published April 15, 2025 11:00pm ET



Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is taking “extraordinary measures” to fix the budget hole the district is in because of the House’s recently passed continuing resolution.

The measures include spending and hiring freezes along with placing restrictions on overtime pay in an effort to cut more than $400 million in the district budget. A law called on by Bowser on Monday allowed the district to increase its budget by 6% to cut the deficit from a billion to the $400 million number.

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