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WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton's District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act, to clarify the authority of the Mayor of the District to fill a vacancy in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on an interim basis, was passed by the Senate last evening by voice vote and by the House earlier this week by v
WASHINGTON, DC – Following a House hearing that touched on sequester cuts to federal police earlier this week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will meet separately with federal police officials and union leaders regarding the sequester's impact on the federal police workforce and resources in the District of Columbia, in light of Monday's bombing at the
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2013, to require the United States to negotiate an international agreement to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons by 2020 and to redirect the funds to human and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security a
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, indicated to the press yesterday that he will re-introduce his bill that would ban all abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks, with limited exceptions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), at a House hearing today on the effects of sequestration, said that following yesterday's tragedy in Boston, the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following Tax Day statement today, the deadline for Americans to pay federal taxes on their income.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a regular guest on PBS's "To The Contrary," will appear on the show at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 14. The show will also air at various times nationally throughout the week.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) for introducing the Senate companion bill to her Rachel Carson Nature Trail Designation Act of 2013, commemorating Rachel Carson, the environmental pioneer and an inspiration for the development of the environmental movement.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the President's fiscal year 2014 budget funds Norton's top priorities for the District of Columbia, but contravenes the purpose of the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG) by imposing new means testing.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the D.C.