The longterm redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital into a sprawling complex for the Department of Homeland Security "has its mojo back," Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said in a press release today after panels in both the House and Senate approved funding for the project yesterday. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton released the testimony she would have given had she been permitted to speak in a hearing on a GOP bill that would prohibit District women from having an abortion after 20 weeks. more ›

On The Rachel Maddow Show yesterday, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton called a congressional bill that would ban abortions in D.C. after 20 weeks a "straight-out cowardly case of bullying." more ›

Just as Chuck Brown's music defined D.C. for so many, his death evoked reactions of sadness from people across the city. In the hours after the news was announced, D.C. officials from Mayor Vince Gray on down expressed their sorrow for Brown's passing and passed their condolences on to his family. more ›

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced today that she will not be given the opportunity to testify during a congressional hearing on a bill that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks in D.C. more ›

Next week a House subcommittee will hold a hearing on a Republican-sponsored bill that would ban abortions in D.C. after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, reports Roll Call. more ›

The uproar over a dozen Secret Service agents and officers who solicited prostitutes while on duty in Cartagena, Colombia earlier this month is now the source of some tension between the United States and Colombia's top diplomat here. more ›

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced a bill yesterday that would allow D.C. to spend its money when and how it wants and set its own fiscal year. more ›

Lovers of a low-to-the-ground D.C., you have a powerful ally in your midst—D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton today released a statement in which she seemed to back existing restrictions on how high buildings in the city can get. more ›

The atmosphere on T Street NW was less a lunch hour and more a revivalist sermon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the renewal of the Howard Theatre more than three decades after it was shuttered. more ›

Today's D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton published her annual tax returns—something no other elected official in D.C. does. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton would like the U.S. Capitol and its surrounding office buildings to become more friendly toward visitors from Hollywood. She's asking her colleagues to allow film production on more parts of the Hill. more ›

Members of Congress are making their voices heard on two issues that affect D.C.—a school voucher program and needle-exchange programs. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wasted little time in denouncing the budget proposal laid out today by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) as a document that could lead to a government shutdown more ›

As part of a larger bill to reform the federal Hatch Act, today D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced language that would allow the District to operate by its own local version of the law like many other states do. more ›

A long-awaited bill that would offer the District more flexibility in scheduling its elections heads to a House vote tomorrow, moving the city closer to being able to respond more quickly when seats on the D.C. Council are vacated. more ›

Ten journalists-turned-comedians took to the stage and tested their wit at last night's fourth annual Commedia dell Media. The verdict? Many of them could in fact quit their day jobs. (If stand-up were any more stable and lucrative than their chosen professions.) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) and actual professional comedian Dennis Regan were on hand to deliver American Idol-style instant feedback and crown the best in show. more ›

Outraged over proposed legislation that would make it illegal for women in the District of Columbia to seek an abortion more than 20 weeks after a pregnancy begins, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton staged a press conference Tuesday to excoriate the measure and its Republican sponsors. more ›

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joined Rep. Carol Maloney (D-NY) in walking out of a House Oversight Committee hearing this morning on a new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees. more ›

The District is a step closer to being able to more flexibly schedule it's own elections, but it's still a mighty big step. more ›

A bill that would allow the District more flexibility in scheduling its elections may finally move forward in Congress. more ›

On a day in which U.S. Park Police methodically inspected the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square for violations of no-camping rules, tension could often be felt between police and protesters. But for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the day evolved better than could have been expected. more ›

The T Street Station Post Office is moving up the block, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced in a press release yesterday. The mail depot, she said, will be relocating to the Franklin D. Reeves Center at 14th and U streets. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is telling her Republican colleagues in Congress to keep their hands off the D.C. World War I Memorial and not turn it into a national monument. more ›

Today Wikipedia and other sites have gone dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. Call your representatives and senators to let them know how you feel! Oh, right. more ›

Following the resignation of Harry Thomas Jr. from the D.C. Council, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she'd like to see a special election in Ward 5 happen the same day as the District's primary votes, but that an anonymous senator is holding up her bill that would make it possible. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said in a press release today that she'll be meeting with officials from the National Park Service and Architect of the Capitol to "seek clarification" on the recent transfer of oversight over Union Square from the former to the latter. more ›

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall are requesting a full audit of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, which oversees the train hub. more ›

Today the Post looked at the net worths of current and former members of Congress, as the wealth gap between elected officials and ordinary Americans continues to grow. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is doing just fine. more ›

Eleanor Holmes Norton is taking applications for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. more ›