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President's Budget Funds Norton Priorities, Supports D.C. Budget Autonomy
February 14, 2011
Washington, DC-The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget, released this morning, funds many of Norton's priorities, particularly jobs and education for D.C. residents and Metro, as well as supports allowing the District's local budget to take effect without congressional approval.
Norton Introduces Three Amendments to the Continuing Resolution to Preserve D.C. Home Rule
February 14, 2011
Republican Spending Bill Re-imposes D.C. Needle Exchange, Abortion and Voucher Riders, Eliminates Metro Funding, But Largely Spares D.C. Funding
February 12, 2011
Norton Starts Battle Against Dangerous, Anti-Home Rule Gun Bill As It is Reintroduced
February 11, 2011
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a District Attorney
Norton Calls GSA to Account for Failure to Develop the Iconic Old Post Office Here
February 10, 2011
Norton Anchors Special Thirty-Minute Session on Home-Rule Tonight After Votes
February 9, 2011
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will anchor a thirty-minute special order this evening, Wednesday, February 9, 2011, after votes on the necessity to respect home-rule for the District of Columbia. She hopes to help the large freshmen class understand, and to remind incumbent members of Congress, that the District of Columbia must be treated as a self-governing jurisdiction, like their own districts.
Norton Denied the Right to Testify at House Judiciary Committee Hearing On Bill That Targets the District
February 8, 2011
Norton Urges Congress to Save Money and the Environment by Ditching Bottled Water
February 8, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today spoke at a press conference, hosted by Corporate Accountability International, to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to use purified D.C. tap water, instead of bottled water, in order to save our environment and, at the same time, save taxpayers' money. Norton's statement follows:
D.C. Targeted by Anti-Choice Bill That Also Strips Its Right to Spend Its Own Local Funds
February 8, 2011