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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to provide the District of Columbia Courts (D.C. Courts) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) with the same authority that federal courts and federal agencies have to offer voluntary separation incentive payments, or buyouts, to their employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the River Terrace Community Organization tonight, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the River Terrace Education Campus (420 34th St. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission is accepting applications for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Rosemary Collyer will take senior status on May 18, 2016, creating a vacancy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In another victory for equality for the District of Columbia, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed her bill to require the Library of Congress to install the District’s seal in the stained-glass windows of the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Main Reading Room, which contains the seals of all states and territories that existed when the building was constructed, except for the District seal.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that her bill prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices for smoking on airplanes was included in the bill passed today by the Senate to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) learned today that District of Columbia resident Adam Eidinger will not be retried after being arrested for unlawful entry at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) markup of a bill to overturn a D.C. anti-discrimination law.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Eastland Gardens Civic Association tonight, Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at Zion Baptist Church (1234 Kenilworth Ave. NE).