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WASHINGTON, DC - The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the Congresswoman and her staff greatly appreciate the welcome to the neighborhood open house planned by the NoMa Business Improvement District (NoMa BID) to celebrate the opening of her new downtown District Office, at 90 K St. NE, on Tuesday, October 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., Norton and Robin Eve Jasper, President of NoMa BID, will speak and cut the ribbon. All D.C.
Most Americans are unaware that if the federal government shuts down on September 30, the government of the nation's capital, the District of Columbia, will also shut down. There is not a single member of the House or the Senate who desires that outcome. Most members of Congress are mystified when they come to Congress, whatever their party, to find on the congressional agenda the local budget of the District of Columbia – $8 billion raised by the city, not a dime of it federal money.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Capitol Police Union has asked to meet with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) following the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, where a Capitol Police tactical team was apparently ordered to stand down. Norton's office will set the meeting in the near future. Norton spoke with Capitol Police officers at the Navy Yard and she understands their frustration that the tactical team was not allowed to proceed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After House Republicans included a provision defunding Obamacare in their fiscal year 2014 short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal and District of Columbia governments running after September 30, 2013, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today took several steps to keep the District government open. Norton alerted D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray that, due to the addition of Obamacare defunding, the chances that Congress will pass a CR to keep both the D.C. and federal governments open are significantly reduced.
WASHINGTON, DC – Convinced that the government could shut down on October 1, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will take the first of several steps to keep the District of Columbia government open when she testifies today at the Rules Committee markup of the fiscal year 2014 short-term continuing resolution (CR), on her amendment to authorize the D.C. government to spend its local funds for all of fiscal year 2014, which begins on October 1, and not just until the expiration of the CR (December 15, 2013).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement this evening on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, before leading a moment of silence in memory of the 12 Americans who lost their lives during the Navy Yard shooting yesterday.