Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) asked Comer how the money was left out of the Republicans’ spending legislation in the first place. Democrats, too, would fix the hole in their own version of the CR, unveiled Wednesday night. Her trepidation stems from the uncertain future of the Republican CR. When Bowser was asked after the hearing whether she’d push for passage of the GOP CR, given its D.C. budget fix, she said that it doesn’t restore needed funding from the past fiscal year. D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson, though, told TPM that his focus is the forward-looking language that the CR does include, letting D.C. use its own money in 2026.