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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The newest appropriations bill (https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-appropriations.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fy26-financial-services-and-general-government-subcommittee-mark.pdf) has it cut to 20million from 40 million as it has been since 2016. [/quote]

Martin Austermuhle wrote that the bill actually increases the payment per student from $10K to $15K: https://x.com/maustermuhle/status/1947063479367499880[/quote]

This is also true.[/quote]

Yup, both true. The upshot, I assume, is that the HHI cap on eligibility will come down significantly.[/quote]

Well, I mean, I'm not against that.[/quote]

PP here, and I am! The benefit was originally meant for all DC residents. Setting income eligibility thresholds creates administrative burdens (making it more cumbersome to administer and harder for the people who are eligible to actually get the benefit). It also tends to drive down support for a benefit. There’s a reason Medicare is much harder to cut than Medicaid!
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There is likely already no public support outside of D.C. for this benefit. Personally, I would support it even if my household is no longer eligible for it, but I also don’t get to vote for a lawmaker who has a vote on the matter in either chamber, so who cares what I think about it?[/quote]

Because DC residents need to make noise when the federal government takes things away from us. [/quote]

Sure, but what’s the incentive for anyone in the federal government to listen? Literally the only thing we can do is make noise. [/quote]

Yes, correct. Make enough noise, sometimes it gets results. Doing nothing will definitely result in nothing.

Also, play the long game. The 2025 recission of DC budget dollars got a lot of attention. People around the country now know about it and understood that it was wrong. If/when Democrats are back in power, ensuring they understand the issues DC faces and the wrongs they have to right will be important. [/quote]

They understood it was wrong, but -- even though the Senate and the White House both wanted to fix it -- nothing changed. So I'm not totally sure anything was accomplished. And I don't think anyone would actually shut the government down specifically over D.C. (I'm not even sure I'd advocate for that, all other things being equal).

We have almost no ability to protect the District from a Congress and a president that want to mess with it, unfortunately.[/quote]

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