Norton Releases Statement After President Trump Calls for Immediate House Vote on Bill to Correct D.C. Budget Issue Caused by the CR

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after President Trump called for the House to immediately take up a standalone bill giving the District of Columbia the authority to spend its local funds for Fiscal Year 2025 at its locally-enacted levels.

The recent continuing resolution (CR) omitted a longstanding provision that would allow D.C. to continue spending under its local fiscal year 2025 budget. The Senate passed a bill, introduced by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), to correct the issue, but the House has yet to vote on it. 

“As surprised as I am to have an occasion to agree with President Trump, in this instance, we agree that D.C. should be able to spend its own local funds at its own locally-enacted levels,” Norton said. “I am grateful the Senate worked to correct this issue, and I will work with my colleagues to get the bill passed in the House.

“This ordeal, however, only helps to highlight the need for D.C. statehood so that D.C. can finally govern itself to the same extent afforded to the states, including making decisions about how to use its own local funds.”

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