Daniel Hillburn

House eyes cuts to DC’s autonomy as local budget fix gathers dust - Roll Call Congress is “doing things that no one has asked for,” one advocate says, as lawmakers tee up three bills that would overturn D.C. decisions.

When Congress - apparently unintentionally - cut DC's budget by $1.1B in March, the Senate passed a fix. Trump said he wanted the House to pass it "immediately". Speaker Johnson said it just a matter of scheduling.

Today, the House will vote on 2 other DC-related bills, but not the budget fix.

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Happening now on the House floor. Rep. Shri Thanedar is giving notice to offer his Trump impeachment resolution as a question of privilege. Vote expected within 2 days under House rules.

New: Sen. Adam Schiff joins Banking, Homeland Security, Judiciary, and Rules committees.

Sen. Andy Kim joins Banking, Finance, and Foreign Relations

The House is using the WILD Act (HR 5009) as a vehicle to pass the NDAA. It'll be an amendment to the Senate's amendment to HR 5009. But the text of the WILD Act is still included under sec. 5301 docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...

OVERHEARD IN THE SENATE: "I farted in the elevator just before Susan Collins got on with her staffer."