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More National Guard troops are scheduled to arrive this month in D.C. and there are no signs the federal law enforcement surge will end any time soon, as Congress considers new legislation aimed at reducing crime in the District.

At the same time, D.C. leaders can’t understand why the U.S. House has failed for months to address a budget glitch that left the District without $1 billion, which could help address public safety.

“The president and Republicans in Congress intentionally limited D.C.’s ability to spend its own local funds,” said D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, raising the issue at a recent news conference, where she spoke out against the continuing pres

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