Here I was with my message last Saturday (the other side of my sign said "Hands Off DC and Medicaid"). It was a good turnout, both here and in other cities around the country.
On the subject of our budget - The House of Representatives will go out on recess again today, for the next two weeks, without having passed the Senate bill protecting DC's FY2025 budget, so our relief continues to be postponed. Hopefully things will look up for us when they reconvene toward the end of the month, but I can't help thinking the timing of this bill just passed by the DC council won't help us much. This is a time for treading very carefully, not waving a red flag. Hooray to Janeese Lewis George (who chairs the DDS/ODR committee) and Charles Allen for seeing that clearly!
From what I can tell, the mayor is still holding up presenting her FY2026 budget until we (hopefully) get House agreement on FY2025, so we really need to keep our eye on that ball.
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