The slashing of the budget alarmed D.C. city officials, many of whom have been making pilgrimages to Capitol Hill in recent days to try to convince Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP CR. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) warned that such a draconian cut would affect schools, policing, sanitation and transit, including the Metro.

The bill, which would allow the city to continue operating under its 2025 budget, still needs to be approved by the House to go into effect.

The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.