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Norton Gets $40 Million for DCTAG, Prevents New Anti-Home-Rule Riders in Final Spending Bill

Press Release Feb 14, 2019

Contact: Raven Reeder February 13, 2019 Norton Gets $40 Million for DCTAG, Prevents New Anti-Home-Rule Riders in Final Spending Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that…

Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Mayor Local Authority Over D.C. National Guard, Same Authority…

Press Release Feb 8, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch February 8, 2019 Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Mayor Local Authority Over D.C. National Guard, Same Authority State and Territorial Governors Have Over Their Guards WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman…

Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a Local Prosecutor, Same Right Already Enjoyed by U.S.…

Press Release Jan 31, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 31, 2019 Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a Local Prosecutor, Same Right Already Enjoyed by U.S. Territories WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to…

Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional…

Press Release Jan 29, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 29, 2019 Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional Interference in Local District Matters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…

Joshua Burch in The Post: This is the only path to D.C. statehood

Editor Jan 25, 2019

With the 116th Congress underway, D.C. residents are committed to ensuring that the House of Representatives takes up and passes H.R. 51, the D.C. statehood bill. Residents are under no illusion that the Senate will do the same or that the…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

John Kelly in The Post: Who remembers the wild 1969 D.C. school board race? Tommy Curtis does.

Editor Nov 24, 2018

It wasn’t quite Bush v. Gore and the Case of the Hanging Chad, but as Tommy Curtis reminded Answer Man recently, the District once had its own drawn-out, contested election. It was not dissimilar to this month’s lengthy, laborious and…

Norton Welcomes New Members of Congress to D.C., Encourages Them to Support D.C. Statehood and…

Press Release Nov 15, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch November 15, 2018 Norton Welcomes New Members of Congress to D.C., Encourages Them to Support D.C. Statehood and Respect Home Rule WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…

Norton to Push for Votes on D.C. Statehood and Bills to Expand D.C. Home Rule in Democratic House

Press Release Nov 7, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch November 7, 2018 Norton to Push for Votes on D.C. Statehood and Bills to Expand D.C. Home Rule in Democratic House WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that, with Democratic…

Norton Announces Fourth Bill to Remove Federal Government from Local D.C. Land-Use Policies

Press Release Oct 15, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch October 15, 2018 Norton Announces Fourth Bill to Remove Federal Government from Local D.C. Land-Use Policies Strips Authority of U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Over D.C.-Owned and Private Property…

Norton to Introduce Bill to Remove Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land

Press Release Oct 4, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch October 4, 2018 Norton to Introduce Bill to Remove Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will introduce a…

Opinion

Danielle Burs and Walter Smith: Let’s move toward voting representation for DC with a self-help…

Commentary Aug 23, 2018

Across the country, millions of people are closely following and will be participating in the upcoming November midterm elections. Every seat in the House is up for election, as are one-third of the seats in the Senate. These elections will…

David Bardin in Forest Hills Connection: We the People versus Congress

Editor Aug 11, 2018

We often hear complaints about Congressional meddling in local, District of Columbia issues. But almost nobody knows that our ninth President, William Henry Harrison, deemed such meddling unconstitutional. It turns on what “We the People”…

Norton to Introduce Bill to Give D.C. Complete Authority to Set CFO Pay

Press Release Aug 8, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch August 8, 2018 Norton to Introduce Bill to Give D.C. Complete Authority to Set CFO Pay WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will introduce a bill to give the…

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