Norton Celebrates Senate Passage of Bill to Allow D.C. to Spend Its Fiscal Year 2025 Local Funds at Its Locally-Enacted Levels

March 15, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after the Senate voted to pass the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government and separately passed a standalone bill giving the District of Columbia the authority to spend its local funds for Fiscal Year 2025 at its locally-enacted levels. “I am grateful for the Senate for working to correct this grave error that would have resulted in the immediate cut of more than $1 billion from D.C.’s local budget six months into D.C.’s fiscal year. I will work with my colleagues to get the bill passed in the House,” Norton said. “This process, however, only helps to highlight the need for D.C. statehood.” D.C. will also continue to be exempt from a federal government shutdown for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2025. The terms and conditions in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations law, upon enactment of the CR, are automatically extended until Fiscal Year 2026, and this includes D.C.’s shutdown provision. ###