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December 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the D.C. Council for passing a law banning synthetic marijuana, or K2, on Tuesday, the same day she visited a protest in front of an Exxon station near Springarn High School in Northeast, and got an agreement from the gas station's manager to stop selling the drug.


December 6, 2012

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that 60 D.C. small businesses have won subcontracts for work on federal construction projects around the city, including some that have contracts on multiple projects. She said D.C. small businesses are clearly benefitting from the significant federal construction underway in the District.


December 4, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a community protest at an Exxon station located at 2652 Benning Rd. NE (between Anacostia Ave. and Oklahoma Ave. NE),and across from Spingarn High School, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked over to the business, owned by Mohammad B.


December 4, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's (R-MO) decision to retire.


December 3, 2012
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When you attend a military ceremony, you see no difference among the service members in attendance except for rank.


November 30, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) got two of her bills passed today in the Senate, the District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act and the Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act, eliminating barriers to full equality and self-government for D.C. residents. The bills were included in the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 (S.


November 28, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With Senate debate now underway on the fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will head to the House floor to lead a half-hour special order today, November 28, 2012,around 4:00 p.m. calling on Senators to include a provision in the bill that would require the armed services to display the D.C.