President Donald Trump is urging the House of Representatives to take up a Senate-passed measure that would allow the District of Columbia to spend revenue held up by the last funding bill.
But in the House, Republican leadership hasn’t committed to any sort of a timeline, and House Freedom Caucus members — including one who sits on the committee that would need to approve the legislation if leadership wants it passed by a simple majority on the House floor — say they’re unwilling to help D.C. out of its funding bind unless they can add conditions on how the city can spend its local funds.
“I don’t think our leadership has had a chance to decide when and how they’re going to put it on the floor,” Appropriations Chair Tom Cole told reporters on Thursday, adding that while he supported it, he hadn’t spoken with Speaker Mike Johnson about the bill yet.