Norton to Lead House Floor Special Order on Voting Rights on Tax Day April 15th (4/14/08)

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will lead a "Special Order" Hour on "Tax Day," Tuesday, April 15, the day District residents pay federal income taxes without a vote. The Special Order, which is broadcast on C-SPAN will alert the Congress and the country of mounting support and pressure to pass the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act already passed by the House in April. Norton will bring large and colorful posters to the floor, to illustrate growing national support for the bill and will offer evidence of strong support from every section of the country. The Tax Day D.C. Voting Rights Act Special Order will begin between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM following five minute speeches by House members that follow scheduled business.

Norton thanked colleagues from the Congressional Blue Dogs, the most conservative House Democrats, for giving her the first hour of the evening tomorrow that had been assigned to them. "The Blue Dogs may be more conservative and many of us in D.C., but 98% of Democrats and almost 60% of the House voted for the bill. Tomorrow, we will show that Democrats and Republicans from every section of the country support H.R.1905 and that there is now a large American census for passage of the Voting Rights bill this year."

Additional Tax Day events sponsored by DC Vote include:

11:30 AM -1:30 PM Union Station Subway

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Dirksen Senate Building (1st and Constitution, NE)

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM National Capitol Post Office (North Capitol at Mass. Ave, NE)