Bowser refuses to sign budget after DC Council undoes her spending reductions
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she returned an unsigned fiscal 2027 budget after the D.C. Council undid her efforts to avoid a $837 million “fiscal cliff.”Though the budget legislation was left unsigned, it will still take effect Oct. Her likely successor, Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George, will have to deal with the District’s budget problems.“I want to be clear about what my proposed budget did,” the outgoing mayor said in a Friday letter to D.C.
- ▪Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she returned an unsigned fiscal 2027 budget after the D.C.
- ▪Council undid her efforts to avoid a $837 million “fiscal cliff.”Though the budget legislation was left unsigned, it will still take effect Oct.
- ▪Her likely successor, Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George, will have to deal with the District’s budget problems.“I want to be clear about what my proposed budget did,” the outgoing mayor said in a Friday letter to D.C.
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she returned an unsigned fiscal 2027 budget after the D.C. Council undid her efforts to avoid a $837 million “fiscal cliff.”Though the budget legislation was left unsigned, it will still take effect Oct. 1 following a congressional review period. Recommended Stories Bowser refuses to sign budget after DC Council undoes her spending reductions Warsh faces rate hike quandary in this week’s meeting WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks on tariffs and economy in Michigan In the meantime, Bowser blamed the legislative body for choosing to “kick the can down the road” on major spending decisions instead of solving the city’s budget deficit.Advertisement The statement comes as she prepares to leave office in January.
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