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August 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the District of Columbia Board of Elections today certified an initiative for the November ballot to legalize marijuana in D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she would fight any congressional attempt to block the District from voting on the initiative and, if it is approved by voters, implementing it.


August 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a D.C. Postal Service Roundtable tomorrow, Wednesday, August 6, at One Judiciary Square from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to discuss issues of concern to District of Columbia residents about postal service in the city. The Postmaster of the District of Columbia, Gerald A.


August 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter she sent yesterday to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Acting Administrator Gregory G.


August 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the inaugural U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and dinner at the White House tonight. The dinner will be hosted on the South Lawn of the White House at 6:45 p.m., and will be preceded by a toast and remarks by President Obama.


August 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), sponsor of a House-passed amendment that would prohibit the District of Columbia, including local police, from using its local funds to enforce its local gun laws, finally offered an answer to a question posed by Norton.


August 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Monday, August 4 at 9:00 a.m. will participate in a press conference and rally outside of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to highlight instances of worker exploitation at District of Columbia-based construction company Tito Contractors.


July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Amit Mehta today to inform him that President Obama would nominate him to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman.


July 29, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in today's Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) ad hoc hearing at 2:00 p.m. in the House Energy and Commerce Committee room on the influx of Central American unaccompanied minors to the U.S.