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Eleanor Holmes Norton

Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Legislative Autonomy as Part of Her ‘Free and Equal D.C.’ Bills

Press Release Jan 24, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 24, 2019 Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Legislative Autonomy as Part of Her ‘Free and Equal D.C.’ Bills WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her bill to…

Curbed DC: D.C. congressional delegate to hold ‘emergency town hall’ on shutdown’s local impacts

Editor Jan 23, 2019

Furloughed workers, contractors, and small-business owners are invited to attend the event this week

Norton to Host Emergency Town Hall to Highlight Disproportionate Impact of Trump Shutdown on D.C.,…

Press Release Jan 18, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 18, 2019 Norton to Host Emergency Town Hall to Highlight Disproportionate Impact of Trump Shutdown on D.C., Next Week WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) next week will host a…

Norton and Democratic Majority Will Fight to Defeat House Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local…

Press Release Jan 18, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 18, 2019 Norton and Democratic Majority Will Fight to Defeat House Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…

Roll Call: New Democrats hand D.C. statehood a milestone

Editor Jan 18, 2019

‘Painstaking’ process may finally be paying off, says Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: We want you back — courting DC’s courts

jonetta rose barras Jan 18, 2019

Everyone seemed to have had a fit of indignation recently when the media reported that couples couldn’t get marriage licenses because the DC Marriage Bureau was closed — another victim of the federal government shutdown, instigated by the…

Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding…

Press Release Jan 17, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 17 2019 Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate…

Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood Bill

Press Release Jan 17, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch – o: 202-225-8050, c: 202-225-8143 January 17, 2019 Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood…

Norton to Preside Over House as Chair, Vote on the House Floor in Committee of the Whole, Today

Press Release Jan 16, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 16, 2019 Norton to Preside Over House as Chair, Vote on the House Floor in Committee of the Whole, Today WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has been appointed by Speaker Nancy…

Norton Vows to Once Again Defeat Senate Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for…

Press Release Jan 15, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 15, 2019 Norton Vows to Once Again Defeat Senate Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned a…

Norton Remarks on House-Passed Bill to Guarantee Back Pay to Federal Workers Affected by Current and…

Press Release Jan 11, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 11, 2019 Norton Remarks on House-Passed Bill to Guarantee Back Pay to Federal Workers Affected by Current and Future Shutdowns WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today submitted…

Norton Condemns Bill Seeking to Roll Back a Major Portion of the D.C. Revitalization Act, Reimposing…

Press Release Jan 11, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 11, 2019 Norton Condemns Bill Seeking to Roll Back a Major Portion of the D.C. Revitalization Act, Reimposing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in New State Costs on the District WASHINGTON,…

DCist: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is The Latest Member Of Congress To Sign Onto D.C. Statehood Bill

Editor Jan 10, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has already issued her support for D.C.’s latest statehood bill, and now a member of Congress with more Twitter followers than the speaker has come on board, too: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Norton, House Democrats Ask Trump Administration to Guarantee Back Pay to Federal Contract Workers…

Press Release Jan 10, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 10, 2019 Norton, House Democrats Ask Trump Administration to Guarantee Back Pay to Federal Contract Workers Hurt by Shutdown WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today led a group…

Norton Announces Senate Lands Package Includes Her Bill to Allow D.C. to Work with NPS to Make…

Press Release Jan 10, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 10, 2019 Norton Announces Senate Lands Package Includes Her Bill to Allow D.C. to Work with NPS to Make Improvements to Franklin Park WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…

District government

Norton seeks statehood push in newly Democratic House

Diane Gross Jan 10, 2019

Buoyed by the new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is leading a renewed push for DC statehood and self-governance. At a Jan. 4 press conference, Norton and local elected officials…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: DC statehood movement, without movement

jonetta rose barras Jan 10, 2019

Yet again, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and others have raised the specter of DC securing voting rights in Congress, which have long been denied to residents of the nation’s capital. Last week, with Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council Chairman…

Norton Thanks Chairman McGovern, Rules Committee Democrats for Rejecting Republican Anti-Home-Rule…

Press Release Jan 9, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 9, 2019 Norton Thanks Chairman McGovern, Rules Committee Democrats for Rejecting Republican Anti-Home-Rule Amendments to D.C. Appropriations Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…

City Paper: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Pushes for Back Pay for Furloughed Federal Contract Workers

Editor Jan 8, 2019

Tiara Logan's last day of work as a security guard at the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries in D.C. was Jan. 1. Before that, she had been on maternity leave since September after a high-risk pregnancy. She returned to work for just…

Norton Requests House Administrator to Withhold Her Pay Until Trump Shutdown Ends and All Federal…

Press Release Jan 8, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 8, 2019 Norton Requests House Administrator to Withhold Her Pay Until Trump Shutdown Ends and All Federal Employees Receive Paychecks WASHINGTON, D.C.—In solidarity with federal employees working or…

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