The non-profit DC Appleseed issued a report today that calls on the federal government to provide the District of Columbia a minimum of $1 billion annually in general federal funding. The 120-page report [PDF] quantifies the amount of tax-based revenue the District perpetually lacks compared to other major American cities, what the GAO has termed the city's "structural deficit," and argues that Congress is obligated to make up the difference because it is responsible for the rules which create that deficit in the first place. (The Examiner and D.C. Wire both have more). more ›