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March 21, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote today to all the colleges and universities with D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG) students, and urged them to issue no late payment notices or penalties to DCTAG students due to congressional delay. "This delay is entirely attributable to the Congress, not the students," Norton wrote.


March 21, 2013

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to all Senators urging them to vote against an amendment Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) filed today to the Senate's budget resolution (S.Con.Res.


March 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus' immigration reform task force, issued a statement in solidarity with and in support of comprehensive immigration reform that includes Black immigrants, who came to the Capitol today to make sure that they were included in any pending immigration bill.


March 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the D.C.


March 19, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) today announced the creation and first official member meeting of the Black Men and Boys Congressional Caucus. Norton established her own D.C. Commission on Black Men and Boys in 2001, which interested other members of Congress with similar interests and concerns.


March 19, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – With the third anniversary of the enactment of federal health care reform law on Saturday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act, to relieve the District of a portion of Medicaid costs it has uniquely borne for years.


March 18, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will host aDistrict of Columbia Breast Cancer Heroes forum in celebration of Women's History Month, featuring Miss D.C. Allyn Rose, who represented D.C. in this year's Miss America contest, with a unique and empowering breast cancer story.


March 14, 2013

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would allow the District of Columbia government to spend its local funds at the start of each fiscal year if Congress has not signed the District's regular appropriations bill into law by then, thereby preventing D.C. government shutdowns.


March 12, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today commented on the White House's response to a DC Vote petition asking that the District of Columbia's "Taxation without Representation" license plate be placed on the presidential limousine before the inaugural parade.