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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act to eliminate the congressional review period for legislation passed by the D.C. Council. The mandatory congressional review period imposes wholly unnecessary administrative costs on the D.C. government, Congress and D.C.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget contains Norton's major D.C. funding and policy priorities, including a provision to allow D.C.'s budget and laws to take effect immediately upon passage by the city.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will stoutly defend two bills recently signed by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser from congressional interference, after a conservative group yesterday called on Congress to pass disapproval resolutions to overturn the bills. The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act would prohibit D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2015, her second bill of the 114^th Congress, to allow D.C.'s local budget to take effect after it is approved by the city without congressional approval.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has written President Barack Obama requesting he include in his fiscal year 2016 budget continued funding for the construction of the consolidated headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today said that federal agencies need to clarify existing federal policy specifying that drones and other unmanned aircraft may not be flown in the National Mall area, including the White House grounds.