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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.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow will speak to 90 District of Columbia public and public charter school students at Microsoft's Minority Student Day at 9:30 a.m. at the Microsoft Innovation Policy Center (901 K Street, NW). The focus of the event is the declining number of minority students entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.