Norton Says She Will File Amendment at Rules Committee Next Tuesday to Grant D.C. Budget Autonomy Through Act of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that H.R. 5233, a bill to repeal a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy, is scheduled to go before the House Rules Committee on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., in H-312 (U.S. Capitol). Norton will file an amendment to give D.C. budget autonomy by an act of Congress and ask the committee to make it in order so that she can offer it when the bill goes to the floor next week.