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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Member of the U.S. Congress representing the District of Columbia

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norton.house.gov
Joined March 2009

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    1. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      As we insist on #DCStatehood, today we remember Christmas Eve, 44 years ago, when the Home Rule Act was signed into law. Going on the House floor in remembrance is one way to commemorate this special anniversary, which I did last week: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4701662/norton-commemorates-44th-anniversary-dc-home-rule-act … (1/14)

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    2. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      Another is to call out continuing attacks on DC home rule, notwithstanding the Home Rule Act. Fighting back makes the difference. We have defeated all but two of this year’s 16 attacks on DC’s local laws. #HandsOffDC (2/14)

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    3. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      .@marcorubio and @RepTomGarrett introduced bills to eliminate DC’s gun safety laws, including DC’s ban on assault weapons, large capacity magazines, and its registration requirements. #HandsOffDC (3/14)

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    4. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      .@RepThomasMassie introduced a bill to require DC to recognize all out-of-state concealed carry permits. #HandsOffDC (4/14)

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    5. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      .@SenTedCruz and @RepMarkMeadows introduced bills to require DC to redirect its own local public education funds to pay for private schools and other educational expenses for any student. #HandsOffDC (5/14)

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    6. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      .@RepBradWenstrup and @SenatorLankford introduced disapproval resolutions to nullify DC’s medical aid-in-dying law, the Death with Dignity Act, which is now law. #HandsOffDC (6/14)

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    7. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      .@RepAndyHarrisMD attached a rider to the House-passed fiscal year 2018 DC appropriations bill to repeal DC’s Death with Dignity Act. #HandsOffDC (7/14)

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      Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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      The House-passed FY 18 DC Appropriations bill repealed DC’s budget autonomy referendum, which remains laws today. #HandsOffDC (8/14)

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        2. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          .@USRepGaryPalmer attached a rider to the House-passed-FY 18 DC appropriations bill to block a DC anti-discrimination law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees, their spouses and dependents based on their reproductive health decisions. #HandsOffDC (9/14)

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        3. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          .@RepAndyHarrisMD offered and then withdrew a rider at the markup of the FY 18 DC appropriations bill to block a DC law on the labeling of wet wipes as safe to flush. #HandsOffDC (10/14)

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        4. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          .@SteveKingIA introduced an anti-labor bill that uniquely targeted DC union workers. #HandsOffDC (11/14)

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        5. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          .@RepChrisSmith and @SenatorWicker introduced bills to permanently prohibit DC. from spending local funds on abortion services for low-income women, prohibit DC government employees from providing abortions, and prohibit abortions in DC government facilities. #HandsOffDC (12/14)

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        6. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          Congress currently blocks DC from spending its own local funds on abortion services for low-income women. #HandsOffDC (13/14)

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        7. Eleanor Holmes Norton‏Verified account @EleanorNorton 24 Dec 2017
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          Congress currently blocks DC from spending its own local funds on marijuana commercialization, a rider originally introduced by @RepAndyHarrisMD, but we saved legalization, and DC residents can lawfully possess and grow small amounts of marijuana. #HandsOffDC (14/14)

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