DC funding restored in continuing resolution plan to keep government open

Published September 16, 2025 5:22pm ET



Washington, D.C.’s funding has been restored in a new draft of Congress’s continuing resolution legislation, averting the potential of millions in lost money.

The last continuing resolution did not include a provision allowing the district to spend its local budget.

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