P.L. 119-4, enacted March 15, 2025, created a $1.1 billion shortfall in D.C.'s general fund — exceeding the $945 million cut Sen. Patty Murray initially projected from the House continuing resolution.

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True. When the House introduced its stopgap spending bill on March 8, 2025, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) warned it would cut nearly $945 million from D.C.'s locally funded budget. The enacted P.L. 119-4 omitted a long-standing exemption that had allowed D.C. to spend at its FY 2025 levels, forcing a reversion to FY 2024 spending. That reversion created a $1.1 billion shortfall in D.C.'s general fund — larger than Murray's estimate because the final bill was more restrictive than the House CR proposal she analyzed. D.C. officials had to identify $410 million in service cuts before September 2025.

P.L. 119-4, enacted March 15, 2025, created a $1.1 billion shortfall in D.C.'s general fund — exceeding the $945 million cut Sen. Patty Murray initially projected from the House continuing resolution.

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