The Bellows (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
So, District delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is pretty doggone confident that Washington is finally going to get its voting rights in the next Congress. And while I’d never underestimate the extent to which District priorities can be trampled for other matters, I tend to agree with her. But that sets up two questions–is the House [...]
Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
U.S. representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton, will be in Charleston Friday, October 21, to speak at the 24th annual freedom Fund Banquet of the North Charleston branch of the NAACP.
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
The new “controversy”: One of the clever things about the Catholic church has been it’s ablity to maintain its status as a political force and a tiny state, and have some effect as a kind of diplomatic go-between and agenda setter.Think of the Vatican as the internationl equivalent of D.C. “Congresswoman” Eleanor Holmes Norton, say. The [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
DC likely to gain voting member of Congress Nick JulianoPublished: Monday December 1, 2008 Utah, too; First new voting seats since 1959Eleanor Holmes Norton's schedule is likely going to become a lot more crowded in the next year. With Barack Obama's election, along with Democratic gains in the Senate, Norton -- the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to the House...
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... hosting the inauguration, and it cherishes being the seat of the federal government,” said Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s delegate to Congress. “But it doesn’t come cheap.” The expense comes as the city announced $130 million in budget cuts this month to deal with a revenue shortfall caused by the larger economic slowdown. Most of the inauguration is financed by private...
Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Now that President-Elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, have chosen the elite private school Sidwell Friends for their daughters, liberal campaign supporter and so-called public education advocate Eleanor Holmes Norton is trying her best to defend the decision, which of course is clearly at odds with the public policy views the President-Elect wants to impose [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
WASHINGTON | With the recent election of President-elect Barack Obama, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate for the District of Columbia, predicts that the passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Act will occur sometime next year.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
WASHINGTON | With the recent election of President-elect Barack Obama, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate for the District of Columbia, predicts that the passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Act will occur sometime next year.
As in the days of Noah (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services.Security and capacity measures recommended by the District’s congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others will almost certainly surpass the $15 million the federal government gives to...
Metroblogging DC (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
With the new Senate and a new President due to take office in January, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton feels confident that she will finally be able to win voting rights in Congress for the District of Columbia. According to NBC Washington, Norton estimates that 65 Senators will support her Voting Rights Act of 2009 out of [...]
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... for services. Security and capacity measures recommended by the District’s congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others will almost certainly surpass the $15 million the federal government gives to the District each year to defray the cost of events, Norton said. In 2005, with an estimated 300,000 in attendance, the second inauguration of President Bush cost...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Bwahaha! Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services. Security and capacity measures recommended by the District's congressional delegate Eleanor...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Do you think Stephen is nervous about being roasted by such luminaries as D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and soon-to-be White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel? Not a chance! Here’s what he told The USA Today: Stephen Colbert ready to roast for Spina Bifida . . . [Kathy Rowings] reports that he says he’s looking [...]
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Obama will be getting off to an early start bankrupting the country — literally with his inauguration : Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services. Security and capacity measures recommended by the District’s congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes...
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services. Security and capacity measures recommended by the District’s congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others will almost certainly surpass the $15 million the federal government gives to...
