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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Capitol Police of a man who reportedly attempted to carry out a suicide attack on the Capitol:
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that District of Columbia resident Christy Zink, who had an abortion at 21 weeks and five days after doctors found a cyst on the brain of the fetus and a follow-up MRI revealed severe fetal anomalies of the brain, will be featured at a press conference on Tuesday, February 21, at 10 a.m.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the President's fiscal year 2013 budget, released today, "funds our top priorities in an especially difficult budget year," and that she was grateful that "the District of Columbia does remarkably well under the proposed budget."
The press reporters a serious Republican split with only a 50/50 chance that Republicans can get their members to agree on a payroll tax deal. Line that 50/50 Republican split up against their near-unanimous opposition to having wealthy and corporate taxpayers contribute one dime to deficit reduction.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill to give the District of Columbia flexibility in scheduling special elections passed by a voice vote today in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Norton thanked Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) for his help in moving the bill through committee, and hopes for quick passage in the full House.