Did the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4), enacted March 15, 2025, cut Washington, D.C.’s locally funded FY 2025 general fund by $1.1 billion, exceeding the nearly $945 million reduction initially projected by the House continuing resolution proposal?

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When the House introduced its stopgap spending bill on March 8, 2025, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) warned it would slash nearly $945 million from D.C.’s locally funded budget mid-fiscal year, undercutting services for teachers, firefighters, and law enforcement (Washington Post, March 9, 2025). The enacted Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4), signed March 15, 2025, omitted the long-standing exemption that had allowed D.C. to spend at its FY 2025 levels, forcing a reversion to FY 2024 spending and creating a $1.1 billion shortfall in the city’s general fund as documented in the Congressional Record (H1083) and GovInfo.gov. D.C. officials must now identify $410 million in cuts to balanced services before the fiscal year ends in September (CRS Report R48609, March 2025).

Did the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4), enacted March 15, 2025, cut Washington, D.C.’s locally funded FY 2025 general fund by $1.1 billion, exceeding the nearly $945 million reduction initially projected by the House continuing resolution proposal?

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