House Republicans passed a spending bill Tuesday that, in seeking to avert a government shutdown, also would blow a more than $1 billion hole in D.C.’s budget, city officials said, as GOP lawmakers did not heed warnings from virtually the entire D.C. government that the impact on the nation’s capital would be “devastating.” Read MoreWorld House Republicans passed a spending bill Tuesday that, in seeking to avert a government shutdown, also would blow a more than $1 billion hole in D.C.’s budget, city officials said, as GOP lawmakers did not heed warnings from virtually the entire D.C. government that the impact on the nation’s capital would be “devastating.” Read More