Redskins Working To Include Stadium Plans In Spending Bill

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder is "getting help" from DC officials, congressional Republicans and the Trump administration as he "tries to clear a major roadblock to building a new, 60,000-seat stadium on the site of RFK." Sources said that the Redskins have been "working in concert with local and federal officials to insert a stadium provision into the massive spending bill that the Republican-controlled Congress is rushing to complete this month." By tucking the stadium provision into a "complex spending bill, the team and local officials could sidestep some public debate." Sources said that the effort comes as Snyder and government officials "fear that the coming change in House control from Republicans to Democrats could complicate future attempts to secure the RFK site" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 12/7).