D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday brushed off claims that the House won’t help fix the city’s finances after the District was federally mandated to carry out a $1 billion mid-year budget cut.
Ms. Bowser, a Democrat, dismissed comments made by Rep. Andy Harris, who said the GOP-controlled House doesn’t support a resolution to patch up the budget hole that is expected to force spending cuts for D.C.’s police, firefighters and public schools.
“It’s their snafu. Everybody knows it, and they need to fix it.” Ms. Bowser said at a press conference in Northeast. “Bipartisan support in the Senate, the President of the United States supports it, and we need Speaker Johnson to move it. And I know when he moves it, it will pass.”…