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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will reintroduce her bill requiring the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with federal contracting regulations, which will now include a requirement that MWAA comply with federal anti-nepotism laws, when Congress returns next week. Norton's announcement comes on the heels of another report of no-bid contracts and an unusual number of family members working at the agency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the White House decision to put the District of Columbia "taxation without representation" license plates on all presidential limousines beginning this weekend.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the guest on NBC 4's "Viewpoint" this Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 7:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton is postponing the drawing originally scheduled for Friday, to be held Monday, January 14, 2013, at 12:00 noon, in the Congresswoman's office, 2136 Rayburn House Office Building. Her office is scheduled to receive tickets that day, and numbers will be drawn at random by two members of the D.C. National Guard that correlate to entries in the Congresswoman's lottery. The D.C. residents selected will be notified by phone.
Published: January 10, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to John Berry, Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), requesting that the agency issue regulations to implement the Congresswoman's recently enacted Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act. The bill, which was enacted as part of a larger Hatch Act reform bill, authorizes OPM to permit federal employees who live in the District of Columbia to run for partisan political office in local elections as independents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her website, https://norton.house.gov, has been updated with newly released information about President Barack Obama's second inauguration on January 21, 2013, including social media links, vehicle restriction details, mass transit schedules, and information about access points to the parade route. Visitors to the website should click on "2013 Inauguration Information" under "How Can I Help You?"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Obama has re-nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The President first nominated Jackson for the position in the 112th Congress, following Norton's recommendation, near the end of the 112th Congress. Jackson is currently Vice Chair of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the President has signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which contains a provision Norton sought requiring the armed services to display the District of Columbia flag and the flags of the territories whenever the flags of the 50 states are displayed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was neither surprised nor daunted by the House Republican majority's vote to deny her motion to restore the District of Columbia's first and only vote on the House floor in the Committee of the Whole. Norton first won this vote for D.C. in the 103rd Congress, after submitting a legal memorandum arguing that the District had a vote in committees by rule of the House, and therefore, should have the same vote on the House floor in the Committee of the Whole, which is also established by House rules.