Mike Johnson promises to fix DC budget gap 'quickly'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed the lower chamber would vote on a bill “soon” to address a roughly $1 billion funding gap in the District of Columbia’s local budget.

The issue has been stalled in the House for nearly two months since the Senate passed legislation on March 14 to prevent the funding shortfall, which was created due to a recently passed federal spending deal that reverted the Washington government’s 2025 budget to 2024 spending levels. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has been adamant that the lower chamber address the matter. President Donald Trump has also pushed Johnson to close the funding gap “immediately.”