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Good morning, Washington. Politico’s Glenn Thrush is dubbing Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) “D.C. Mayor Ensign” this morning, thanks to his recent meddling in local District of Columbia matters, namely attaching the gun amendment to the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, and the (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to guarantee the D.C. school voucher program. Gotta wonder how that’s playing in Mayor Fenty’s bullpen this morning. Also a must read on the stalled voting rights bill front: Marc Fisher today is calling on D.C. politicians to swallow the gun amendment in order to make voting rights happen. “Congress will always conduct its little experiments on the District, so the city’s belief that it can set its own course on guns is delusional,” Fisher writes. Not exactly a stellar morning for the egos of the mayor and the D.C. council.

What We’re Getting from the Spending Bill: The Washington Post’s Mary Beth Sheridan details what the D.C. area is getting out of the massive spending bill President Obama signed yesterday. Among the areas that have received a cash infusion are an additional $35 million for D.C. Public Schools; $29 million for the Silver Line Metro extension to Dulles; $331 million for a new Homeland Security Department headquarters in Ward 8; $14 million for the District’s combined sewer overflow control plan; plus smaller allotments like $1 million for Metro bicycle lockers and a bus safety program; and $2 million for a new entrance and elevators for the Rosslyn Metro station, courtesy Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.).

D.C. Police Shot Dog During Burglary Investigation: Now the MPD has its own dog shooting case to compete with last year’s Berwyn Heights debacle. The Post reports that D.C. police are investigating an incident Tuesday in which a dog was shot and his owners possibly injured by officers who responded to a burglary call in the 800 block of Sheridan Street NW. A neighbor had reported seeing two men climbing through a window, but it looks like police may have ended up roughly handling the actual resident of the home, who had merely forgotten his keys, and shooting his German shepherd. The dog was in critical condition last night.

Briefly Noted: Md. utilities ordered to stop shutting off gas, power … Boy hurt falling down ventilation shaft … Video released of Aspen Hill attack suspects.

This Day in DCist: In 2008, a local church that serves the LGBT community was the victim of gunfire, and in 2007, another D.C. university president bit the dust.