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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2018 to help provide financial relief for federal employees who have a short-term injury or disability, become pregnant, or develop a pregnancy-related illness.

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, January 18 at 9:40 AM ET, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – led by CBC Chairman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA), CBC Judiciary Nominations Working Group Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) – will host a press availability outside of 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the nominations of Thomas Farr and Eric Dreiband.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said her bill clarifying that the District of Columbia and the National Park Service (NPS) have the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements to maintain and operate NPS properties in the city, such as Franklin Park, today passed the House of Representatives by voice vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the Grand Marshal at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade today, Monday, January 15, 2018, at noon.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that when Congress returns from recess, she will introduce a resolution calling on Congress to update the Voting Rights Act by enacting new voting rights legislation, such as updated preclearance provisions, and condemning state voter suppression laws, which disproportionately deny voting rights to people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her bill that will help rehabilitate National Park Service (NPS) neighborhood parks in the District of Columbia is scheduled for consideration on the House floor on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, under fast track suspension of the rules.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who authored the nation’s sexual harassment guidance as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will discuss the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements on the PBS series “To The Contrary,” which can be seen today, Friday, January 12, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. (WETA), Saturday, January 13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. (WHUT), and Sunday, January 14, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. (WETA).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Senate Sergeant at Arms Frank J. Larkin requesting he reconsider his apparent opposition to the construction of a protected bike lane between Union Station and the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Louisiana Avenue.