Eleanor Holmes Norton

Friday Talking Points -- Good Enough for My Money

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.18.2012

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Chris Weigant

It was a somewhat eclectic week in politics. The House -- in one of their rare moments when they actually meet and attempt to get something done -- passed a bunch of bills which have exactly zero chance of becoming law. Well, at least they had fun, right?

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Laura Bassett

20-Week Abortion Ban Proposed For D.C. Sparks Fierce Debate In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.18.2012

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A nationwide ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy would be difficult to push through both chambers of Congress, but Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz....

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Laura Bassett

Arizona Congressman Goes After D.C. Abortion Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.16.2012

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Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) is pushing a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the District of Columbia, but he has denied Del....

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Kenyan McDuffie: Democrat for Council in Ward 5

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 05.07.2012

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Peter D. Rosenstein

There are many people running to replace Harry Thomas, Jr. as the Councilmember for Ward 5. But only one will make a real difference as soon as he is elected to the Council. That person is Democrat Kenyan McDuffie.

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Officials Discuss Lifting Capital's Tall-Building Limits

Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Should the nation's capital do away with its building rules that have limited the height of structures and protected the sight lines of ...

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Norton Wants Expanded Commercial Filming Near Capitol

| Posted 04.03.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The time is right to expand commercial filming and photography regulations around Capitol Hill, Del. Eleanor Holmes...

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Ariel Edwards-Levy

Female Representative Surprised GOP Women Didn't Speak Out On Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said she was surprised her female colleagues across the aisle didn't join in the con...

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Making a Statement at the Democratic Convention

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 05.16.2012

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Peter D. Rosenstein

The delegates from the District should support two specific planks in the platform. The first is a call for marriage equality and the second would support budget autonomy for the District of Columbia.

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Andrea Stone

Daughter Of Last WWI Veteran In Battle Over D.C. War Memorial

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A Michigan filmmaker and the daughter of Frank Buckles, who was the last surviving American veteran of World War I, fired the latest sal...

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Issa Hopes For Happy Ending On D.C. Budget Autonomy

| Posted 04.03.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Three months into the second session of the 112th Congress, dynamics are shifting on legislative efforts to give th...

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House OKs D.C. Special Elections Bill

| Posted 03.01.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The House backed legislation Wednesday evening that would shorten the window between a vacancy in a local office an...

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Abortion Hangs Over D.C. Budget Autonomy Efforts

| Posted 02.27.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The elation that greeted Virginia GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell's announcement last week that he backs giving D.C. control...

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Va. Gov. Supports D.C. Budget Autonomy

| Posted 02.23.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Giving momentum to the growing movement for D.C. budget autonomy, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has signaled his ...

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NOH8 On The Hill: 10 Members Of Congress Pose For Marriage Equality (PHOTOS)

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.23.2012

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Laurence Watts

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WATCH: There Were How Few Women At The Contraception Rule Hearings?

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 02.17.2012

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How did hearings on whether religious organizations should be required to offer women contraception end up taking place with so few women in the room?...

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On Birth Control, GOP Male Leaders Woefully Out of Touch, Except With Other GOP Men

Margie Omero | Posted 04.17.2012

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Margie Omero

Today a Congressional hearing ignited when House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (CA) refused to seat a female witness after hearing an all-male panel of birth control coverage opponents, calling the witness unqualified.

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Congressional Panel OKs Norton's D.C. Voting Bill

| Posted 02.08.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would shorten the window between the opening of a vacancy on the D.C...

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Nationalizing D.C.'s WWI Mem'l Could End In Stalemate

| Posted 02.01.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff All Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wants is for his hometown's World War I memorial to have the status of a national monument...

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Laura Bassett

Arizona Rep. Authors D.C. Abortion Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.25.2012

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Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) drew a heap of criticism from Washington, D.C., locals on Monday when he introduced a bill that would ban women there from...

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Mayor Gray Reiterates Occupy Consolidation Plan

THe Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A day after the District of Columbia's delegate to Congress expressed acute displeasure with the administration of Mayor Vincent Gray du...

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Arin Greenwood

Occupy DC Reacts To Planned McPherson No- Camping Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters at Tuesday morning's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on their McPherson Square encampment a...

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Gray, Norton: D.C. War Memorial Nationalization A Bad Idea

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 01.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and local veterans joined a chorus of voices against the proposed rededication of the city's loc...

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You Want a Publicist? Pay For Him Yourself, Senator

Kelly Moore | Posted 03.21.2012

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Kelly Moore

Is this really what our tax dollars should be used for? To allow members of Congress to engage in such shameless self-promotion?

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Obamas Attend 'Let Freedom Ring' Tribute To MLK (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Monday evening, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended a musical program celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King...

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Which Anonymous Senator Sparked Norton's Anger?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia's delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), slammed the anonymous senator who placed a hold on legislati...

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