The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Friday to prevent devastating cuts to D.C.’s budget, but will it will be a full week until the House weighs in. D.C. would have to cut spending by more than $1.

The U.S. House of Representatives are considering a bill to restore over $1 billion of the city's budget that was cut in the spending bill Congress approved Friday to avert a government shutdown. But – it won't be passed right away,

Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials warned the District faced a $1 billion hit under a stopgap government funding bill approved by the Senate moments earlier.