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WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference this morning, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she would seek the return of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole vote in the 113th Congress that she first won in the 103rd.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of Barbara Lett Simmons.
"Barbara Lett Simmons was a friend of mine and of many others here, but she was a friend of the city to which she gave so much passionate devotion. She had an instinct to serve and a focused determination to serve those who needed service most.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a provision requiring the armed services to display the D.C. and territorial flags whenever the flags of the 50 states are displayed passed the Senate today as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Conference Report.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a provision requiring the armed services to display the D.C. and territorial flags whenever the flags of the 50 states are displayed was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Conference Report, which passed the House today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) met one of her most important goals of the 112th Congress with the introduction of D.C. statehood legislation, the New Columbia Admission Act, in the Senate today. The Senate bill is the companion to Norton's New Columbia Admission Act (H.R. 265).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a 137th birthday celebration for the late, noted historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) read a letter she sent today to President Barack Obama, calling on him to hold the appropriate officials accountable for developing a strategy and timeline to complete the Carter G.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a 21-year fight, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) went to the House floor today to speak for her District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act and her more recent Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act as D.C. gained full equality under the Hatch Act. Norton got her bills included in the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 (S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is close to victory in her fight for respect for the D.C. flag and residents who sacrifice for our country. Late yesterday, the conference committee on the fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill agreed to the House-passed provision requiring the armed services to display the D.C.