Norton Announces Continuing Resolution Includes Longstanding Provision to Allow D.C. to Spend its Own Local Funds at Locally Enacted Levels

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the text of the House Republican's proposed continuing resolution (CR) included language allowing D.C. to spend under its current (fiscal year 2026) local budget for the duration of the CR. The text of the CR was released yesterday. 

“While I will not weigh in on the merits of the proposed CR itself, I am pleased it includes the longstanding provision allowing D.C. to spend its own local funds at current fiscal year 2026 levels,” Norton said. “This is a significant improvement over the previous CR, which, in a radical departure from decades of congressional practice, blocked D.C. from using $1 billion of its locally approved budget and forced the District to revert to 2024 spending levels midway through the year. 

"This harmful cut underscored, yet again, why D.C. needs statehood.”

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