for supporting the cost of higher education specifically for District residents.”
Of COURSE, this 'federal' city
'As a result of Washington’s abundance of federal civil service jobs and its status as a major tourist destination, the city’s economy is overwhelmingly dominated by the service sector. Research and development work is another key component of the local economy. Most businesses are linked in some way to the federal government. Thousands of area residents work as lobbyists, seeking favourable legislation for the interests they represent. (Although the term lobbyist used in this context probably dates from the early 19th century, it is a popularly held notion that it was coined by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who applied the name to the favour seekers who sought him out in the lobby of the Willard Hotel [now the Willard InterContinental Washington], where he was known to relax after a long day.) . .
Washington’s governmental structure has slowly evolved into a limited form of self-government under the control of Congress. The city government is unique because Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America empowers Congress to exercise exclusive legislative authority over the seat of government. Congress granted Washington its first city government in 1802, providing for a mayor (to be appointed by the president) and for a 12-member council (to be elected by Washington’s taxpaying white male residents). Ten years later, Congress amended the city charter to provide for an eight-member board of aldermen and a 12-member common council who together elected a mayor. In 1820 Congress again amended the city charter to allow qualified residents—male property owners—to elect a mayor. In 1846 the city of Alexandria and Alexandria county (later renamed Arlington county) were returned to Virginia. Two years later, Congress added a board of assessors, a surveyor, a collector, and a registrar to the number of elected officials in Washington. . .
Washington was established as the capital of the United States as the result of a compromise following seven years of negotiation by members of the U.S. Congress as they tried to define the concept of a “federal enclave.” On July 17, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, which created a permanent seat for the federal government. George Washington, the country’s first president (1789–97), carefully chose the site, which is on the Potomac River’s navigation head (to accommodate oceangoing ships), and near two well-established colonial port cities, George Town (now Georgetown, a section of the city of Washington) and Alexandria, Va. This location bridged the Northern and Southern states, but Washington called it “the gateway to the interior” because he hoped it would also serve to economically bind the Western territories to the Eastern Seaboard—the Tidewater and the Piedmont regions—and thereby secure the allegiance of the frontier to the new country.'>>>
https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC/History
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