Dollars and nonsense: House Republicans vote to defund D.C. police and schools
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Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, which could lead to cuts in services and layoffs.

Basically, house Republicans voted to defund DC police because even though it’s not federal money, they fact that that have the power to pass laws affecting DC means that they can claim these as “cuts”. Again, defunding the DC police doesn’t help the federal government save a dime. But it’s technically a budget cut, just not the budget cut they’re supposed to working on. Yes, it’s that silly.

  • @workerONE
    16•17 hours ago

    G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/europe/spending-bill-government-shutdown-dc-budget-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.8pFw.TIGVj5LxeB0M&smid=nytcore-android-share

    It doesn’t explicitly cut DC Police but the cut has to come from somewhere and it will be the police, city workers, and teachers:

    "Given that the budget freeze would come six months into the city’s fiscal year, the District would need to scramble within a matter of days to find a billion dollars in savings between now and the end of September.

    Since much of that money was tied up in contracts, leases and Medicaid, all of which take time to be accessible, local officials warned that the most immediate target for the cuts would be the salaries of city workers, including police officers and teachers.

    “There’s no way to cut that kind of money in the time that we would have in this fiscal year not to affect police or not to affect teachers and not to affect some of the basic government services that allow us to keep our city clean, safe and beautiful,” said Ms. Bowser"