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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Burke to serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia. Burke, whom Norton recommended to President Obama, is an Assistant Chief in the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deep gratitude to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) for strongly condemning House Republicans for voting to overturn a referendum overwhelmingly ratified by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after House Republicans voted this afternoon to overturn a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will manage the debate for the Democrats on the House floor this afternoon against H.R. 5233, a bill that would repeal a referendum passed overwhelmingly by D.C. voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In an effort to save District of Columbia budget autonomy, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered an amendment to grant D.C. budget autonomy through an act of Congress. Norton offered her amendment at a House Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 5233, a bill that repeals a referendum that granted the District budget autonomy and that is scheduled to go to the House floor tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Trinidad Neighborhood Association today, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at the Trinidad Recreation Center (1310 Childress St. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, as expected, the House’s draft fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, released today, repeals the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (BAA), a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by D.C. voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy, but said, “the House is only half of the story, and I am making every attempt to make sure the Senate does not follow suit.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her appreciation to the Obama administration for issuing a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) strongly opposing H.R. 5233, a bill to repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (BAA), a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.