Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

I decided this year, in introducing it as my first bill of the year, to call it the 'D.C. Paperwork Reduction Act.'

the District dare not spend its funds until it gets permission from the Federal Government.

the very act of bringing the budget here cost the District on Wall Street.

the bundle of issues... encapsulated by having to bring the budget you raise to a body that has no information about it.