A family that wants to leave the tony Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Spring Valley because of concerns over the area being a former dumping ground for military munitions is getting some help from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. The District of...
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton during the news conference in this file photo.
Norton to Army: Move Family From Dump
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A Washington, D.C. 'TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION' license plate on Vice President Joseph Biden's limousine.
Washington Statehood: ‘New Columbia’
Taxation without representation. It’s a storied complaint in American history. In Washington, D.C., it’s a license plate. For all the failures of Washingtonians to gain recognition from the Congress that operates in their own home town, a long-denied bid for...
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton at a news conference opposing H.R.3803 and S.2103, the 'District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.'
Mayor Calls Republican Bill an Assault on D.C.
A bill to restrict abortions is a “frontal assault on the District of Columbia,” the city’s mayor, Vincent Gray, said today. The bill, H.R. 3803, which was the subject of a House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee hearing today, would block abortions after 20 weeks...
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