Home Rule

MAYOR MURIEL E. BOWSER’S proposal to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana might well lead to a confrontation with Congress. So be it. The current law that allows D.C. residents to grow and possess, but not to purchase, small amounts…

For the last twenty years, decisions to grant or revoke parole for D.C. prisoners has rested with federal board members of the United States Parole Commission.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications 20 ATTORNEYS GENERAL DECLARE SUPPORT FOR D.C. STATEHOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME AG Racine Leads Coalition Urging Congress to Pass H.R. 51, Washington,…

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…

President Richard Nixon knew it.

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.

March 4, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Blasts Meadows and Gosar Amendment Attacking D.C. Statehood, Home Rule WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Representatives Mark Meadows (R-NC) and…