Press Releases
At DCTAG Markup Norton Says Bill’s Results Have
Earned Confidence of the President and Business Leaders
March 27, 2007
Norton Buoyed by Democratic Block of Republican Killer Motion
Quick Fix in Progress
March 22, 2007
Norton Speaks with Bush Official in Call to White House on Threatened Veto
March 20, 2007
Norton's First FEMA Hearing Focuses on New FEMA Controversies
March 20, 2007
Norton Cites Selective Prosecution and Home Rule Violations in Filing Bill to Remove D.C. from the Federal Hatch Act
March 19, 2007
Washington, DC-The District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007(H.R. 1433) today traveled successfully through the Judiciary Committee onanother huge vote of 21-13, with the bill expected on the floor by the end ofnext week. The lopsided vote surprised many because the JudiciaryCommittee has long been the most polarized committee in the House.
Washington, DC--The Office of Congresswoman EleanorHolmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton wrote to General PeterPace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, insisting on a formal apology forthe comments he made this week about gay members of the military. Shesaid that Gen.
Washington, DC-An amendmentCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has pressed since 9/11 to protectthe District of Columbiaand other communities nationwide from dangerous hazardous material (hazmat)shipments was included in a rail security bill passed by the full Homeland SecurityCommittee today.
Washington, DC--At the first of almost simultaneousmarkups by two committees, today the District prevailed with a decisive vote of24-5 by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for passage of the Districtof Columbia House Voting Rights Act. In her opening statement,Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) told the committee that the case forD.C.
March 12 2007