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DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House leaves capital city in budget limbo

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is scrambling to address the crisis created by the Republican -controlled House of Representatives .

When Congress recessed April 10 , it adjourned without addressing a $1.1 billion hole in the city's 2025 budget.

Bowser 's government is unveiling a series of preliminary belt-tightening steps.

Bowser has spent months walking a public tightrope between her elected responsibilities and congressional Republicans .

Unless the House restores the funding, Bowser has to come up with a supplemental budget to go into effect in the summer .

Bowser critics say she's been too quick to surrender in the face of pressure from Trump and congressional Republicans .

The budget issue also has rekindled public calls for D.C. statehood.

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