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A draft law to restore more than a billion dollars from Washington, DC, which Congress withdrew earlier this year stopped in the House of Representatives, as the republican resistance of this measure left its fate in doubt.
Republican party leaders say they still intend to put a bill, blame for delaying the competing priorities for President Trump’s business schedule. But some very mobile Republicans are explicitly opposed to this, on the pretext that Washington – a democratic city that includes a large number of federal workers and the black population – should only spend its money unless it declines with the desires of the Republicans to vote, abortion and other issues.
The lack of the procedure leaves the capital to fold it, as it faces a group of hundreds of millions of dollars from this year’s budget It can lead to severe discounts in city services. This is because the Republican -led Congress, when it passed Stopgap financing invoice In March, the standard language was routinely deleted in the credits bills to agree to the city budget. Without approval, Washington was forced to return to financing levels last year, which amounts to about $ 1.1 billion in the middle of the road during the fiscal year.
Republicans and Democrats quickly moved to correct the case. Immediately after passing the management of federal spending, the Senate approved an overwhelming majority on a separate bill that would allow the continuation of work under its current budget without interruption. President Trump urged the House of Representatives at that time to “pass” the reform immediately, which senior Republicans indicated this.
But nearly two months after two months, this legislation did not come in the House of Representatives.
“No one talks about it,” said actor Andy Harris, the Republican in Maryland and Chairman of the Freedom of Freedom. “We do not see the urgency.”
The spokesman Mike Johnson told reporters this week that he confirmed to Mayor Morel Boser last month that he would try to pass the bill “as soon as possible”, but he did not provide a schedule and indicated that he had not had enough support to pass it as is the case in his current form.
“I had a conversation with the mayor a few weeks ago,” said Mr. Johnson on Tuesday. “This is not a political thing we do. It is just the issue of managing our schedule. I must build a consensus around it to make sure we have sounds, and we are working on it.”
As part of this collective building, Mr. Johnson is likely to need to amend the bill to clarify the right party to his party, which wants to prevent the capital from spending money on programs and policies that are not step with conservative priorities.
Mr. Harris said: “We think, as you know, that spending on freezing in the capital is not a bad idea, and if they want to increase their spending, we must put some restrictions on it.”
Although he did not issue an official list of the amendments proposed by the group, Mr. Harris said that the freedom gathering is likely to insist on adding an item to cancel the Washington Law to allow the non -citizen vote and also ban compensation payments to the black population.
Many Republicans, including Mr. Harris and actor Tom Cole from Oklahoma, Chairman of the Credit Committee, also said that the draft law must include the language that prevents the capital from spending any taxpayers – local or federal – on abortion services.
In the absence of reform, the city increased pressure on members of Congress to move the bill forward. After he left Congress last month to spend a two -week vacation without disposing of it, Mrs. Boser issued publicly with her plans to connect the financing gapThe arrangement of freezing and employment at the city level, including the additional work of the police and fire departments, and the increase in the possibility of vacations in the future.
But some Republicans say that making the whole capital again in their priority list.
“This was not at the height of the mind, at least,” said actor Andi Oglaz, the Republican in Tennessee and a member of the gathering. “Because of the reconciliation, we are all busy in our committees.”
It is also possible that the urgency is the decision of Mrs. Boser in April to use a federal law for the year 2009 to increase local credits by 6 percent this year, which narrows the billion dollars of $ 410 million.
Mr. Oujlis said that he would press for an amendment that fully puts DC under federal control by canceling the 52 -year -old home base law, which allows the residents of the capital to elect a mayor and a council. He also said he wanted to see more handrails on how to spend the capital’s money.
“I do not oppose funding if there is accountability,” he said.
Other Republicans who support financing repair feel confused and delay.
“These bodies are already there,” Senator Susan Collins, Republican in Maine, said in an interview, referring to monitoring care restrictions that some Republicans allow his private money to spend.
She added, “The president has supported the force of the bill, so I do not know what is going on.”
Among those who are interested in financing, actor James R. Commer, Kentucky Republic and Chairman of the Control Committee, which supervises the laws and budgets of the capital. He said he was “in constant contact with the mayor’s office” and “calling for her to receive the funding that she planned to receive.”
“I have expressed my support for financing the entire capital,” said Mr. Kumler. “So we hope it will be restored.”
Campbell Robertson The reports contributed.
