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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that 49 House and Senate Republicans have vowed in a letter to vote against the next fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill unless it defunds the enforcement of both federal and District of Columbia COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The federal government is currently operating under a continuing resolution (CR), which expires February 18, 2022. If Congress does not extend the CR or pass the regular appropriations bills by then, the federal government would shut down. While Norton has gotten D.C. exempted from federal government shutdowns, Congress appropriates D.C.’s locally raised funds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today, during the first week of Black History Month, that they will introduce a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) yesterday passed her bill that would require the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard, who is the top official in the D.C National Guard, to live in D.C. The Commanding General is appointed by the president and is a federal official.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced her Protecting Federal Agencies and Employees from Political Interference Act, which would require an act of Congress before the headquarters for any federal entity located in the National Capital Region (NCR) may be moved out of the NCR. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Trone (D-MD), and Anthony Brown (D-MD).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the Senate today confirmed the first local District of Columbia judge this Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Congress to pass her bill to eliminate the Senate confirmation requirement for local D.C. judges. The local D.C. courts are facing an unprecedented vacancy crisis, which is harming public safety and access to justice, because Republicans had prevented the Senate from confirming any local D.C. court nominees this Congress until Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) filed cloture on seven local D.C. judges last month. The Senate is expected to confirm six additional local D.C. judges this week.

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing, titled “The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles,” on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.  The hearing will examine how the deployment of automated vehicles affects safety, infrastructure, and the commercial driving workforce.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark up her bill that would require the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard, a federal official, to live in the District of Columbia. The markup will occur at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, and will be livestreamed on the committee’s website.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today highlighted the legislative progress on her bills this Congress. She has introduced 80 bills so far this Congress.