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Norton Statement on Demise of D.C. Voting Rights Bill

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has just released the following lengthy statement on today's sudden announcement that the D.C. House Voting Rights Bill will not come to the floor for a vote this year after all. “After working for a full year to bring a clean D.C. voting rights bill to the House floor, while continuing to negotiate a gun compromise, I made the most difficult decision last week to begin moving forward with the D.
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Hoyer: Way Forward on D.C. Voting Rights Lacks Consensus

United States / Washington D.C. : DCist (3 years ago)

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Photo by IntangibleArts House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that the reason the D.C. House Voting Rights Act has not been brought to the floor for a vote is because local... Read Post

Norton Surrenders on Gun Amendment

United States / Washington D.C. : DCist (3 years ago)

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton To follow-up on Martin's post about the resurrection of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, Eleanor Holmes Norton has emailed out the following statement (she's stuck at home with laryngitis, according ... Read Post

Norton Still Hoping to Bring Voting Rights Bill to the Floor

United States / Washington D.C. : DCist (3 years ago)

Photo by Laura Padgett Despite increasingly long odds, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she is still trying to push the D.C. House Voting Rights Act through Congress. Norton recently told WAMU that she's at this very minute working w... Read Post


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