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Did DC voters legally win budget autonomy through the 2012 Charter amendment, or does Congress still have to appropriate the District's local funds before the Mayor can spend them?
AG Irvin Nathan concluded that the Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012 was a nullity. The Council and DC voters used the Charter amendment process under § 303 of the Home Rule Act to try to remove DC lo…
When the DC quasi-public economic-development corporation (NCRC) borrowed $6.7 million from Bank of America in 2002 with a deed of trust on property it owned, was that loan properly authorized under DC law? Did the Anti-Deficiency Acts apply?
The loan was not properly authorized. The NCRC is part of the DC government, and is subject to both the federal and DC Anti-Deficiency Acts. NCRC's only authority to borrow money is through revenue bo…
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