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Norton Introduces Legislation to Sell RFK Stadium Site, Unused Federal Land, to the District of…

Press Release Mar 26, 2019

March 26, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Legislation to Sell RFK Stadium Site, Unused Federal Land, to the District of Columbia WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to…

DCist: This Bill Would Let D.C. Buy The RFK Campus. But What Would The City Do With It?

Editor Mar 22, 2019

Under a bill that D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton plans to introduce in Congress next week, D.C. would be able to purchase the RFK property at fair market value from the federal government, which currently leases the property to the…

Washington Business Journal: Del. Norton bill calls for sale of RFK campus to the District

Editor Mar 22, 2019

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is moving forward with legislation that calls for Congress to sell the federally owned RFK Stadium campus to the District.

Washington Post: Del. Norton floats a new way for District to control RFK Stadium site

Editor Mar 21, 2019

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting member of Congress, is filing legislation that asks Congress to sell to the city one of the largest tracts of vacant land in the District: the 190-acre RFK Stadium site.

Norton Bill to Prohibit Employers from Asking Salary History on House Floor Next Week

Press Release Mar 21, 2019

March 21, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Bill to Prohibit Employers from Asking Salary History on House Floor Next Week WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S.…

Norton Announces Historic High in Senate Support for D.C. Statehood

Press Release Mar 19, 2019

March 19, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Announces Historic High in Senate Support for D.C. Statehood WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Senator Tom Carper’s (D-DE) District of…

Norton Condemns President’s D.C. Budget, Says She Will Defeat It Again

Press Release Mar 18, 2019

March 18, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Condemns President’s D.C. Budget, Says She Will Defeat It Again Norton Confident She Can Maintain Full Funding for DCTAG WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…

DCist: Statehood Has Gained More Ground These Past Three Months Than Ever Before, Says Eleanor…

Editor Mar 15, 2019

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is more bullish than ever on statehood.

Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land

Press Release Mar 14, 2019

March 14, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to remove the…

Norton, Davis Hosted Congressional Caucus on Black Men & Boys Hearing Featuring 11 Mentoring…

Press Release Mar 14, 2019

March 13, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton, Davis Hosted Congressional Caucus on Black Men & Boys Hearing Featuring 11 Mentoring Groups WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis…

DCist: Now D.C. Can Help Rehab The Nearly 7,000 Acres Of National Parks In The City

Editor Mar 13, 2019

D.C. contains almost 7,000 acres of land controlled by the National Park Service, and up until now, the federal agency was charged with maintaining all of it, including the majority of the city’s neighborhood parks.

Washington Post Editorial Board: The House finally voted to support D.C. statehood. It’s a needed…

Editor Mar 12, 2019

SWEEPING LEGISLATION passed by the House aimed at getting the influence of money out of politics and expanding voting access includes a general endorsement of statehood for the District of Columbia. The bill, championed by Democrats, has…

Curbed: New law allows D.C. to better manage federally controlled parks via cooperative partnerships

Editor Mar 12, 2019

Plans are in the works to renovate downtown’s Franklin Square Park, and others could eventually follow

Norton Bill to Rehabilitate NPS Parks in D.C. Signed into Law

Press Release Mar 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Bill to Rehabilitate NPS Parks in D.C. Signed into Law WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Trump today signed into law the…

The New Yorker: Democrats Push to Make Washington, D.C., the Fifty-first State

Editor Mar 10, 2019

In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state.

ABC7: In historic vote, U.S. House of Representatives supports D.C. statehood

Editor Mar 9, 2019

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — For the first time in history, on Friday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill endorsing statehood for Washington, DC.

DCist: In Historic First, House Of Representatives Votes To Endorse D.C. Statehood

Editor Mar 8, 2019

Voting rights legislation passed in the House of Representatives on Friday includes a provision that supports full congressional voting rights and self-government for the District, marking the first time a chamber of Congress has endorsed…

Washington Monthly: D.C. Statehood Gets A Vote in the House

Editor Mar 8, 2019

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping election reform bill on Friday known as H.R. 1 and dubbed the “For the People” Act. While Democrats voted nearly unanimously to advance the measure, Republicans were almost uniformly against…

Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1, First-Ever Congressional Endorsement of DC Statehood

Press Release Mar 8, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1, First-Ever Congressional Endorsement of DC Statehood (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser issued the following statement…

Norton Announces Historic Vote on H.R. 1: House of Representatives Endorses D.C. Statehood for First…

Press Release Mar 8, 2019

March 8, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Announces Historic Vote on H.R. 1: House of Representatives Endorses D.C. Statehood for First Time in American History WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…

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