Wash Post Jul 24
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/issa-offers-new-dc-budget-autonomy-bill/2013/07/24/726a0a18-f469-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html?hpid=z9
"A key House committee has approved a bill that would grant a measure of budget autonomy to the District, the latest step in the city’s long-running effort to win the ability to spend its own money freely.
The bill, introduced Tuesday night by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), would amend the D.C. Home Rule Act to let the District spend its own taxpayer funds at the start of the fiscal year without congressional approval if Congress has not yet passed a spending bill approving the city’s budget. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which Issa chairs, approved the bill Wednesday after just a few minutes of discussion . . . "