Washington, D.C. faces a documented fiscal inflection point.
According to reporting by The Washington Post (Feb. 11, 2026), Mayor Muriel Bowser warned the D.C. Council that maintaining current services would require approximately $1.1 billion in additional revenue over the financial plan period.
Simultaneously, congressional action denying the District’s tax decoupling legislation results in approximately $600 million in multi-year revenue adjustments within the District’s financial plan.
These figures, taken together, create a structural exposure exceeding $1 billion over the financial plan window.
This document integrates:
- $600M federal tax conformity relief flowing directly to taxpayers
- $1.1B reported service-maintenance gap
- $400M+ estimated healthcare and childcare cost growth
- Constitutional authority under Article I, Section 8
- A structural fiscal repair plan
- A Revenue Alignment Commission proposal