I had to laugh when I read three members of Congress (complete fools) introduced a bill to end Home Rule in D.C. Obviously, they felt comfortable telling 700,000 people they couldn’t run their own government.
A government that for years has been better run than Congress. The bill has zero chance of becoming law but represents another Republican show of offensive arrogance.
From 1995 to 2001 there was a federally mandated Control Board overseeing D.C. Since 1997, with the Control Board, and then for more than two decades since it was ended, D.C.
has had a balanced budget. When was the last time congress balanced its budget? D.C. today has a budget of about $20 billion, with 36,000 employees, and a triple-A bond rating.