House GOP Bill Would Slash Funding for DC College Tuition Assistance

House GOP bill would slash funding for DC college tuition assistance

For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. A House panel has released details of an appropriations bill that includes a wide range of restrictions on D.C., including a plan to cut in half funding for a D.C. college assistance program and a prohibition on using local funds to pay for automated traffic enforcement. The measures are included in the fiscal 2026 Financial …

DC gun, voting, public health policies at risk in GOP-led spending bill

Washington, D.C. is facing another major financial and political challenge from Republicans in Congress. The House Appropriations Committee released its draft fiscal year 2026 spending bill, which includes deep funding cuts and a wide range of provisions that strip the District of control over its own laws.

Republicans Move to Change D.C. Gun Laws While No One Is Looking

House Republicans have revived their dark quest to take over D.C. home rule.

EHN: “I am outraged at the number and scope of anti-D.C. home rule riders in the bill”

photo by Emma K Alexandra From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The House Committee on Appropriations today released the text of its fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill, which Norton said includes an outrageous number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, despite their po…

Proposed Bill Would Ban Noncitizen Voting in D.C.

A proposed Republican spending bill includes a number of provisions impacting District of Columbia laws and programs, according to a post on Monday by reporter Martin Austermuhle. The bill would repeal Washington, D.C.'s assisted suicide law, do away with noncitizen voting in the district, and prohibit D.C. from using traffic cameras or ban right turns on red lights. In addition, the legislation would require that D.C. recognize concealed carry …