Morning Roundup: Shutdown Preparation Edition

Good morning, Washington. If the federal government can't get its finances in order and shuts down, how will that affect D.C.? Mayor Vince Gray admitted yesterday that the city was "susceptible" to a shutdown -- which would rob the city of its federal appropriations -- but neither Gray nor his staff have yet outlined what precisely would happen around D.C. if a shutdown occurred. Mike DeBonis, on the other hand, takes a crack at predicting how D.C. city services would operate under a shutdown. During the government shutdown in 1995 and 1996, DeBonis notes, police, fire, schools, courts and hospitals all remained open; then-mayor Marion Barry deemed two-thirds of its workforce "essential," including revenue collectors like lottery workers and parking enforcement. Such a shutdown would, of course, again highlight the contradiction that the District, despite raising a large majority of its revenue from non-federal sources, still sits firmly under the thumb of Congress.

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