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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators to inform them of her findings from recent meetings with Capitol Police, U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – The House today passed a resolution (S.Con.Res.16) authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall next month, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, to unveil the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will ask members of Congress to sign onto a letter to President Obama at a hearing today, held by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), at 3:00 p.m.
When the White House released the administration's emails on Benghazi last week, they snatched what was left of headlines for Benghazi. Republicans are still looking, though, and they have put out a call for whistleblowers. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tar anyone they can find. Democrats have asked that former U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during consideration of a resolution (S.Con.Res.16) authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, to unveil the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue.
I went to New York this week to accept a "Gloria Award" from Gloria Steinem, Letty Pogrebin and Pat Carbine, the founding mothers of the Ms. Foundation, as I serve in the Republican-led House, which couldn't less about women's concerns. This is all the more reason to be grateful to the Ms. Foundation for its determined focus on today's women.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement regarding the announcement today by Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) that he would amend his D.C. abortion ban bill (H.R. 1797), scheduled to be marked up next Thursday by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, to apply nationwide.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Alexandra Adams, a junior at the Maret School, has won the District of Columbia Congressional Art Competition with her charcoal drawing, which will hang in the United States Capitol building for one year, along with the winning pieces chosen from other congressional districts nationwide.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Wednesday introduced the second anti-choice bill, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7/S. 946),within the last month that infringes on the local authority of the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked her colleagues in the Senate for passing a resolution yesterday authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, to unveil the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue, marking the first time that the District, like the states, will have its own statue in the Capitol.